Iran’s U.N. mission said it would be willing to discuss its nuclear program if talks were restricted to military concerns, after its supreme leader appeared to reject President Trump’s offer to start discussions.

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

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said calls for negotiations by “bully states” are aimed at dominating others, not resolving issues, after US President Donald Trump urged him to reach a nuclear deal.

Iran would consider negotiations with the U.S. if the aim of the talks was to address concerns regarding any potential militarization of its nuclear program, Iran's U.N. mission said on Sunday in a post on X.

Iran open to nuclear talks with US, but only on militarization concerns, says country's UN mission - Anadolu Ajansı

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

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had sent a letter to the Iranian leadership warning of the possibility of a military intervention if a deal wasn’t reached.

Comment comes a day after the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran will not negotiate under US 'bullying'

Iran said it will consider nuclear negotiations with the US but not at the cost of dismantling its “peaceful” programme.

Iran said on Sunday that it might consider a request from President Donald Trump to restart talks with the US if negotiations were focused on the militarisation of its nuclear programme. "If the objective of negotiations is to address concerns vis-a-vis any potential militarisation of Iran’s nuclear programme,