The U.S. decision to scrap the Iran nuclear deal and implement a tough strategy on the country will strengthen Tehran’s hardliners and endanger the region as a whole, France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.

In a sign that it will allow some flexibility in exchange rates under threatened U.S. sanctions, Iran has lowered the official value of the rial versus the dollar for the first time since it tried to stamp out a free currency market last month.

Iran’s top leader set out a series of conditions on Wednesday for European powers if they want Tehran to stay in a nuclear deal after the U.S. exit, including steps to safeguard trade with Tehran and guarantee Iranian oil sales.

The United States on Monday demanded Iran make sweeping changes — from dropping its nuclear program to pulling out of the Syrian civil war — or face severe economic sanctions as the Trump administration hardened its approach to Tehran.

The EU's foreign policy chief warned Monday there was "no alternative" to the Iran nuclear deal, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed unprecedented sanctions against Tehran following Washington's withdrawal from the pact.

Bahrain has expressed its full support for the US strategy towards Iran, announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday, saying it reflects the determination to address the threat of Iranian policies that undermine security and stability in the region.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that European efforts to save the nuclear deal after the exit of the United States were not sufficient.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday in Sofia that France's priority was to stabilize the Middle East rather than seek "trade interests" when it sought to maintain Iran's nuclear deal.

EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete arrived in Tehran on Saturday to present plans for continuing oil and gas purchases and protect European companies despite renewed US sanctions on Iran.

Qatar's ruler on Thursday personally thanked Iran's President Hassan Rouhani for his country's support during an almost year-long Gulf crisis, which has seen the emirate cut adrift by neighboring former allies.

The European Union took steps Friday to avoid re-imposed US sanctions on Iran and save the international nuclear deal as a rift with Washington widened.

Unprecedented clashes between Israel and Iran over Syria have sparked calls for restraint from world leaders worried about the risk of all-out war.

AFP agency said that Bahrain backed what it named “Israel's right to defend itself" after the strikes launched by the Israeli entity on military bases in Syria.

U.S. President Donald Trump is not fit for his job, the speaker of Iran's parliament said on Wednesday following his decision to back out of the international nuclear pact on Iran.

Dismayed European allies sought to salvage the international nuclear pact with Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the landmark accord, while Tehran poured scorn on the U.S. leader.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will announce on Tuesday whether he will be pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, which is earlier than the previous scheduled date of announcement on May 12.

Iran’s supreme leader on Monday hit out at the United States a day after new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Riyadh, accusing Washington of trying to stoke a “regional crisis” by provoking its ally Saudi Arabia to confront Tehran.

Israel's Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said in statements on Thursday that if it were to attack Tel Aviv, Israel would retaliate with an attack against Tehran.

Iran told the United Nations it was time to move away from "hegemonic illusions" that have fueled devastating wars.

Iran warned the United States on Thursday of “unpleasant” consequences if Washington pulls out of a multinational nuclear deal, Iranian state TV reported.