Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iran will not be bullied into negotiations, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to the country's top authority urging Tehran to negotiate a nuclear deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, something that was not immediately confirmed by the supreme leader

DUBAI: Iran would consider negotiations with the US if the aim of the talks was to address concerns regarding any potential militarisation of its nuclear programme, Iran's UN mission said on

DUBAI - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Tehran will not be bullied into negotiations, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to the country's top authority to negotiate a nuclear deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he sent a letter to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a development that was not immediately confirmed by the supreme

Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Tehran would not be bullied into negotiations, a day after US President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to the countrys top authority to negotiate a nuclear deal.

Iran would consider negotiations with the U.S. if the aim of the talks was to address concerns regarding any potential militarization of its nuclear program, Iran's U.N. mission said on Sunday in a post on X.

Trump made the comments in an interview aired on Friday by Fox Business News. The White House confirmed Trump’s comments, saying that he sent a letter to Iran’s leaders seeking to negotiate a nuclear deal. Trump made the comments in an interview that will air fully on Sunday.

Trump revealed this week that he was seeking to strike a new deal with the Iranian regime, after withdrawing from an Obama-era agreement in his first term.

Trump said on Friday he had warned Tehran in a letter it could face military action unless it agreed to talks for a nuclear deal. In a furious response on Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran would not negotiate with "bullying governments" insisting on talks.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said in a series of X posts Saturday he would not negotiate a nuclear deal with the U.S. due to its demands.