Nuclear program of Iran

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the "demands" placed on Europeans by US President Donald Trump in connection with the nuclear deal with Iran "are sometimes resembling ultimatums," the France press reported.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Jan. 15 Moscow will not support attempts by Washington to change the Iran nuclear deal.

Iran’s president said on Jan. 14 the United States had failed to undermine a nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers, and hailed the accord as a “long-lasting victory” for Iran, state television reported.

Europe and the United States should confront Tehran about its ballistic weapons program and its role in Syria's civil war but a 2015 deal to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb must be preserved, Germany's foreign minister said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Iran warned the world on Jan. 8 to prepare for the possible withdrawal of the United States from the landmark nuclear deal agreed in 2015.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged peace and stability in Iran during a telephone conversation with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 3.

The world continues to worry about the situation in Iran, a week after the start of violent protests, BNT reports. 13 people have so far died in clashes between demonstrators and police.

Iranians angry over rising food prices and inflation protested in the country’s second-largest city and other areas on Dec. 28, putting new pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as his signature nuclear deal with world powers remains in peril.

France should know that Iran's missile program is not an issue that can be negotiated, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Qassemi, said in an interview with state media on Monday, quoted by Reuters. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Dec. 3 that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers.