Iran to receive Trump letter 'soon'

TEHRAN, Mar 12 (AFP): Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday an Arab country will soon deliver it a letter from US President Donald Trump, who has called for striking a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.

"The letter has not reached us yet but an envoy from an Arab country is set to deliver it soon in Tehran," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

He did not elaborate on the identity of the Arab country or the timing of the letter's delivery.

On Friday, Trump said he wrote a letter to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for talks to forge a new deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, or face a potential military option.

But Iran has rejected talks under "maximum pressure" policy that Trump reinstated after his return to the White House in January.