This came after Iranian state media said Trump had “claimed to have sent a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on negotiations with the Islamic Republic.”It wasn’t clear if there was a physical letter involved or merely messaging.

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

Iran says it would consider negotiations with the United States if talks were confined to concerns about the militarization of the country’s nuclear program