Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, where he has said the US’s “illegal behaviours” and the” contradictory positions” of its leaders were “incompatible with the claim of diplomacy”, Al Jazeera reports.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will monitor the behaviour of the other side and take the appropriate decision to protect its interests and national security,” the ISNA news agency says, quoting the phone conversation.