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US President Donald Trump has asked Iran “never to threaten” the US and warned Tehran that if it wants a fight, it would be “the official end” of the Islamic nation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed the possibility of war breaking out in the region amid rising tensions with the US, saying that Tehran doesn’t want a conflict.

Iran has officially halted some of the commitments under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal signed with world powers, following an order from the country’s National Security Council.

Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency says university students have held a campus protest against authorities’ increasing pressure on women to wear mandatory headscarves in public.

Amid escalating tensions with Iran, the Pentagon has announced that it is deploying a warship and a Patriot air defence missile system in the Middle East to deter the threats of possible operations against US forces in the region by Tehran

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is open to talks with the Iranian leadership, amid mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Iran partially withdraws from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal signed with six other nations, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Wednesday and warned that his country will resume high level uranium enrichment if global powers fail to keep their commitments within the next 60 days.

India’s oil imports from Iran declined about 57 pc year-on-year in April, according to media reports. India shipped in about 277,600 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Tehran in April, down about 31.5 pc from the previous month, preliminary tanker arrival data from shipping and industry sources showed.

The White House has announced that the US was sending an aircraft carrier strike group and Air Force bombers to the Middle East because of “troubling and escalatory indications and warnings” related to Iran.

There is an element of unpredictability about US President Donald Trump’s demeanour and his attitude towards Indian much as he claims he is fond of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.