iran nuclear threat

"If Washington returns to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal, we will also fully respect our commitments under the pact," Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.

"A few minutes ago, the process of producing 20% enriched uranium has started in Fordow enrichment complex," Iran said Monday.

H.R. McMaster said to Fox host Bret Baier that then-Secretary of State John Kerry did not consider the "hostile ideology" of the Iranian regime.

These were the 84-year-old ruler's first public remarks since he addressed the United Nations General Assembly in September via videolink, where he also took aim at Iran.

Two of the officials said Israel could have been behind the Natanz incident, but offered no evidence.

Pence: Tehran should not confuse restraint with a lack of resolve

In December, Iran's Guardian Council pressed charges against MP Mahmoud Sadeghi after he accused the council of "financial corruption."

“Iran has become the main supplier of ballistic missile technologies to Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iraq, while providing these capabilities to non-state actors and terrorist operatives.”