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Tehran informs European parties to nuclear deal it will further reduce compliance in one month's time should they fail to protect it from crippling US sanctions.

British security source: Focus of new mission will be to protect security of shipping. Meanwhile, Iraq denies any ties to oil tanker seized by Revolutionary Guards for allegedly smuggling fuel.

Russia will not deploy short- or medium-range nuclear weapons unless the US does, Russian President Vladimir Putin says after he meets with his security council.

Iran is responsible for the security and safety of the Strait of Hormuz and the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tells press in Tehran. Zarif: Washington has "closed the door to diplomacy" by applying sanctions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces Turkey planning third incursion into Syria in as many years. Turkey is losing patience with the US, which promised it to set up a safe zone in northeastern Syria that would be cleared of Kurdish militia but has not done so.

Suspect in second mass shooting in US in less than 24 hours killed, as Dayton police say officers nearby were able to "put an end to it quickly." FBI is assisting with the investigation.

Invitation to meet with US president delivered by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R), according to report in The New Yorker. Mohammad Zarif said to have told Paul he was not interested in attending meeting that would result in nothing more than a photo op.

"The third step in reducing commitments to [the nuclear deal] will be implemented in the current situation," Iran's Foreign minister Mohammad Zarif says. "If [the deal] is not completely implemented by others, then we will also implement it in the same incomplete manner," he says.

Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson takes part in ceremony to mark the Nazi genocide that killed anywhere from 250,000-500,000 Rona and Sinti in Europe. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges governments to "combat intolerance against the Roma."

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blames Russia for the demise of the 1987 INF treaty, which led to the elimination of 2,692 US and Soviet Union nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles.