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Obama in historic Iran talks

US president Barack Obama has conducted a phone conversation with new Iran president Hassan Rouhani in what was the first communication between leaders of the two countries since 1979.

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Angry protests after Iran's president returns from US

Around 100 conservative hardliners shouted "death to America" and threw eggs and shoes at Iran's President Rouhani's official car on his return from New York after his historic phone call with President Obama, according to Reuters.

The slogan has been widely used since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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