Rouhani was speaking by phone to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, as Tehran and Washington engaged in an escalating war of words following Iran shooting down a US drone last week.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's report, released publicly in April, found Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election and that Republican President Donald Trump's election campaign had multiple contacts with Russian officials.
First lady Melania Trump's communications director to succeed Sarah Sanders as White House press secretary.
Acting head of US Customs and Border Protection John Sanders announced his resignation amid an outcry over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas and heat-induced deaths of immigrants in border states.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says forces deployed at the US border were not there to detain migrants who try to cross the border.
John Sanders’s resignation comes amid an outcry over the treatment of detained migrant children, the New York Times reported.
US President Donald Trump has gained notoriety for trying to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, for separating migrant families, and for placing young children in detention centres.
US imposes financial sanctions on Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a string of military chiefs. Iran's ambassador to the UN says the sanctions showed that Washington does not respect international law.
"In the northern part of the country we have a total deployment of 14,000, almost 15,000 units between the National Guard and the Army," says Luis Cresencio Sandoval, the head of Mexican Army.
An Ilyushin 62 jet with tail number RA-86496 was parked at Maiquetia International Airport, according to a witness.
A two-day international conference will be held in Bahrain, where the first part of Washington's long-delayed broader political blueprint to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be unveiled.
Former Pakistan intelligence head General Ehsanul Haq and former deputy chief of Indian Air Force Kapil Kak say US defence missiles are no match to tested Russian defence system. Washington has warned Turkey and India against buying S-400s.
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