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.”

This week's Farda Briefing looks at why Iran continues to reject direct talks with the Donald Trump administration while weighing its response to the US president's nuclear outreach.

The US president says he has proposed talks on a deal to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and to avert military action.

An Emirati diplomat earlier identified by Tehran as carrying a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to jump-start talks over Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program has met with Iran’s foreign minister.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected holding negotiations with the United States over a nuclear deal.

A letter U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to Iran's supreme leader in an attempt to jump-start talks over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program has arrived in the Iranian capital.

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.