TEHRAN (Basirat): Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected Washington’s recent threats against Tehran and its concurrent demands for dialogue, saying the US administration should forget about any “one-sided dialogue” with Iran under the shadow of threats.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned his US counterpart not to play with the lion’s tail after Donald Trump’s push to halt Iran’s export of oil, saying a war with Iran would be “the mother of wars” and that control over the Strait of Hormuz is only one of Iran’s advantages.