Iranian state media said that US President Donald Trump “claimed to have sent a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on negotiations with the Islamic Republic.”
Iranian state media immediately picked up on Trump's acknowledgment, given in excerpts from a Fox Business News interview aired on Friday, though there was no confirmation from Khamenei's office that any letter had been received.
Qatar's prime minister has warned that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would "entirely contaminate" the waters of the Gulf and threaten life in Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait.
The reduction in funding for Iranian groups, based largely outside Iran, is affecting the work of human rights monitors, news outlets and civic activists.
Flight data indicates that a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone spent 12 hours operating near Iran's southern border.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that future talks between Russia and the United States would include discussions on Iran's nuclear programme, a subject it said had been "touched upon" in an initial round of U.