Iran Denies Receiving Letter from Trump Proposing Nuclear Talks

Iran has dismissed US President Donald Trump's claim of sending a letter to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, proposing negotiations on a new nuclear deal.

Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations rejected the latest claim by US President Donald Trump about sending a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, proposing negotiations on a new nuclear deal, The Caspian Post reports, citing Iranian media.

“We have not received such a letter yet,” the mission said on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, Trump said he wants to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran and sent a letter to its leadership on Thursday saying he hoped they would agree to talk.

"I said I hope you're going to negotiate, because it's going to be a lot better for Iran," Trump claimed in the interview with Fox Business Network broadcast Friday.

"I think they want to get that letter," he said, claiming that the other alternative is, "We have to do something, because you can't let another nuclear weapon."

Iran has repeatedly said that it is not seeking nuclear weapons, stressing that its nuclear technology is solely for civil purposes.