New Delhi, June 19 -- ran has firmly denied US President Donald Trump's assertion that officials from the Islamic Republic had suggested sending a delegation to the White House for negotiations. In a sharp rebuke, the Iranian Mission to the United Nations said Tehran would not negotiate "under duress."

"No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House," the mission posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Responding to Trump's remarks made earlier on Wednesday, the Iranian mission issued a strongly worded statement, rejecting both the premise and tone of the US President's comments.

"Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to rele...