Iran's new President Hasan Rouhani speaks at his first press conference since taking office, at the presidency compound in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. Rouhani says his country is ready for ...

Update 5:30 p.m.: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, now committed to an Obama handshake-free UN General Assembly, addressed the international body on Tuesday afternoon and called for world peace.

President Barack Obama and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shook hands at the United Nations, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, the first handshake between a U.S. president and a high ...