Iran said it would not negotiate under "intimidation", after US President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on Tehran by ending a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from its Shi'ite neighbour.

US ends waiver that allowed neighboring Iraq to buy electricity from Iranians; Tehran's top envoy Araghchi says talking with Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China instead

Trump on Friday urged Iran to negotiate a nuclear deal. On Saturday he suggested that Iran could be handled 'militarily' instead.

Trump revealed this week that he was seeking to strike a new deal with the Iranian regime, after withdrawing from an Obama-era agreement in his first term.

Comments come after Trump says there will be 'some interesting days ahead with Iran' as 'we are down to the final moments -- we can’t let them have a nuclear weapon'

Iran on Monday said it would not negotiate under “pressure and intimidation” as US President Donald Trump intensifies his “maximum pressure” policy against Tehran. Iran's mission to the UN had said on Sunday that it might consider a request from Mr Trump to restart talks with the US if negotiations were focused on the militarisation of its nuclear

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has shut the door on President Donald Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, saying it is only a means for the U.S. to place new demands on his country.