The spokesperson of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that diplomacy is the only way to deal with Iran's existence program and emphasized that JCPOA is still not on their agenda.

The recent U.S. sanctions on the chief of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) would not affect the progress of the country's nuclear program, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Friday.

The UN nuclear agency's chief says he is "worried about increasing tensions" over Iran's nuclear program, calling for de-escalation efforts as Tehran expresses dissatisfaction with European actions to offset the effects of the US withdrawal from a 2015 international deal.