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

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iran will not be bullied into negotiations, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to the country's top authority urging Tehran to negotiate a nuclear deal.

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.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the goal of some bullying powers that insist on negotiations is not to resolve issues but to exert control and impose their own agendas.

As Iran's aging autocrat Ali Khamenei doubles down on confrontation with Israel and the United States, the nation stands at a historic crossroads.

US president reiterates he won't allow Iran to acquire the bomb, warns that if US decides to act with force 'it’s going to be a terrible thing,' says something will happen 'soon'

The Iranian leader called the U.S. administration a “bully government” not interested in “resolving issues”

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to Donald Trump's letter offering new round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme. Iran's supreme leader rejected the talks and called the U.S. a bullying power. “Some bully governments insist on negotiations.

After US President Trump speaks of possible new negotiations with Iran, supreme leader says 'coercive governments' use such talks to try to 'exert dominance' - Anadolu Ajansı