Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has responded to President Donald Trump's demands letter urging him to negotiate a deal on his country's nuclear program.

Abbas Araghchi says Iran will respond very strongly and in a fully proportionate and balanced manner if attacked.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he believes that Israel is threatening to widen the war throughout the region.

By bnm Tehran bureau Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the United States’ call for negotiations, stating that the purpose of such talks is only to impose Washington’s demands, Khamenei.

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.

Iran will not resume negotiations with the United States on its nuclear programme while President Donald Trump applies his "maximum pressure" policy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told AFP on Friday.

Iran said it hadn’t received a letter from Trump yet, but they have heard of it. Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, stated that Tehran would not negotiate under “maximum pressure”.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized US President Donald Trump's threat of military action if Iran refuses nuclear talks, calling it bullying. Khamenei stated the negotiations aimed at domination rather than solutions.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Tehran for Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, on Thursday to take part in the meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Abbas Araghchi criticized what he described as "verbal tensions" and "quick-tempered policies" after the Trump-Zelensky meeting.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday raged against what he called “bullying” tactics to force the Islamic Republic to engage in negotiations about its nuclear programme. On Friday,