Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has shut down Trump's offer for talks on a nuclear deal and said a "bullying government" was being persistent.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has shut down Donald Trump's offer to initiate talks on a nuclear deal, describing the US as a "bullying government."It comes a day after Trump said he sent a letter to Khamenei,

Iran's Supreme leader has criticised "bullying" countries in an apparent response to Donald Trump's comments that he had sent a letter to Iran demanding negotiations on its nuclear programme. Trump said on Friday he had warned Tehran in a letter it could face military action unless it agreed to talks for a nuclear deal.