Iran says it would consider negotiations with the United States if talks were confined to concerns about the militarization of the country's nuclear program.

It will consider the talks if the aim was to address concerns about potential militarisation of its nuclear programme. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran will not be bullied into negotiations, a day after President Donald Trump said he sent a letter urging Tehran to negotiate.

Iran said Sunday it would consider negotiations with the United States if the talks were confined to concerns about the militarization of its nuclear program.

Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox Business that he had written a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, asking that negotiations be reopened.

The Trump administration has revoked a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy gas and electricity from Iran, US officials said, intensifying an American pressure campaign on Tehran while complicating ties with a key US partner in the region.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei declared that the nation will not negotiate under US pressure, asserting that Washington aims to impose its expectations. Khamenei emphasized that Iran will not accept new demands related to its defense capabilities or international influence.

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

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Sunday looked into ways to increase the country’s electricity production, hours after the United States rescinded a key waiver allowing Iraq to import energy from Iran.

Following President Pezeshkian's statement, hopes for negotiations between Washington and Tehran regarding Iran's nuclear program have dimmed.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, as armed forces commander slisten, at rear, in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)