00:00U.S. President Donald Trump says he has sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah
00:05Ali Khamenei seeking a new nuclear deal with Tehran to restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear
00:11program, something Iranian authorities have denied.
00:15Speaking to reporters on Friday, Trump said he prefers taking a peaceful approach.
00:20We have a situation with Iran that something is going to happen very soon, very, very soon.
00:29We'll be talking about that pretty soon, I guess, and hopefully we can have a peace deal.
00:34I'm not speaking out of strength or weakness.
00:36I'm just saying I'd rather see a peace deal than the other.
00:40However, Iran denied receiving any letter from Trump and reaffirmed its position, stressing
00:47that it will not engage in any kind of negotiations with Washington.
00:51In 2019, the Ayatollah refused to accept a letter sent by Trump via the late Japanese
00:56Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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