President Donald Trump said Friday he would "prefer to make a deal" with Iran rather than use military force to reach an outcome on that country's nuclear program.

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.

Elbridge Colby told a Senate hearing that preventing Iran’s nuclear ambitions could require using US bombers and air tankers to attack Iran’s facilities.

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