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

Iran's mission to the United Nations has announced that Tehran is prepared to discuss the prospects of resuming negotiations on its nuclear program. According to the statement released on the mission's official "X" page,

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.

President Trump said he sent a letter to the Iranian government seeking to negotiate a deal to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The White House did not release the letter or further describe its contents.

President Donald Trump said he wants to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran and sent a letter to its leadership this week suggesting talks with the Islamic Republic, which the West fears is rapidly nearing the capability to make atomic weapons.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said in a series of X posts Saturday he would not negotiate a nuclear deal with the U.S. due to its demands.

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