US President Donald Trump: "No comment" on Javad Zarif's reported arrival. Earlier, Trump said while he was happy for French President Emanuel Macron to reach out to Tehran to defuse tensions, he would carry on with his own initiatives.
World leaders meet in French resort town of Biarritz for a three-day summit, but G-7 meeting is overshadowed by trans-Atlantic tensions and worries about the global economy.
"Our country is always the arena for testing a variety of defense and strategic systems and these are non-stop movements towards the growth of our deterrent power," says Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami.
"Jews have been murdered in synagogues … Muslims gunned down in mosques … Christians killed at prayer," says UN Secretary-General António Guterres at first international day of remembrance for victims of religious persecution.
“Time is drawing short to continue this activity of restricting Iran’s capacity to foment its terror regime,” Pompeo tells UN Security Council.
Republican president, who drew outrage after accusing American Jews who vote for Democrats of “great disloyalty," says he was referring to their attitude toward Israel. “I think that if you vote for a Democrat you are very, very disloyal to Israel and to the Jewish people,” Trump tells reporters.
Iranian media boasts that the Bavar-373 surface-to-air missile system can engage up to 100 targets simultaneously and has a maximum range of 200 kilometers. Move comes as tensions between Iran and the US in the Persian Gulf continue to simmer.
"World powers know that in the case that oil is completely sanctioned and Iran’s oil exports are brought down to zero, international waterways can’t have the same security as before, so unilateral pressure against Iran can’t be to their advantage," President Hassan Rouhani cautions.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison slams Iran's aggression in the Strait of Hormuz, says "This destabilizing behavior is a threat to Australia’s interests in the region." Australia's contribution "will be limited in scope and it will be time-bound," he stresses.
“We have made proposals either for a softening of sanctions or a compensation mechanism to enable the Iranian people to live better,” French president says without giving more details. “We shall see what the response from the Iranians is in the hours ahead. And we shall see how the Americans are ready to move forward.”
