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.

Thousands of Iranian Americans, human rights advocates, and supporters are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for a "Free Iran Rally."

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.

"Their talks are not aimed at solving problems," said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, without mentioning the United States by name.

The insistence of some bully governments on negotiations is not to resolve issues, but to dominate and impose their own expectations.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he rejects a U.S. push for talks between the two countries because they would be aimed at imposing restrictions on Iranian missile range and its regio

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried “bullying governments” in an apparent response to a letter the White House sent to Iran earlier in the week.

The president’s halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran’s drive to build atomic bombs.

Iran denies receiving letter from US President Donald Trump, but dismissed prospects of nuclear negotiations so long as Washington sanctions on Tehran remain in place.

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

What is the logic of returning to a deal with Iran that America quit seven years ago? Excitement in some Washington quarters over the prospect of renewed negotiations with the Tehran regime could soon prove premature.

"There are two ways Iran can be handled, militarily or you make a deal. I would prefer to make a deal," Trump told Fox host Maria Bartiromo.