Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected holding negotiations with the United States over a nuclear deal, as a letter was delivered from U.S. President Donald Trump calling for such talks.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country is not pursuing nuclear weapons and dismissed US President Donald Trump’s calls for negotiations as a “trick.”

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that talks with the U.S. would not lift sanctions but rather strengthen them.

A letter from U.S. President Donald Trump to Iran's clerical establishment has been delivered by Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson and state media said on Wednesday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, delivered to Tehran by a high-ranking diplomat from the United Arab Emirates, Iranian media reported.