Washington: President Donald Trump has warned that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran announced that it has exceeded the limit on enriched uranium reserves under the 2015 nuclear deal from which the US walked out last year. His statement came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a strongly worded statement, asked Tehran to halt enrichment of uranium.

Monday marked the first time Iran is known to have breached the terms of the deal. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Iran had exceeded the limit that the deal imposed on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium.