Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Tehran has "never asked for a ceasefire, we have never asked even for negotiation".

This follows earlier comments from Donald Trump that Iran wanted a deal, but he was unwilling to agree to one "because the terms are not good enough yet".

"We don't see any reason why we should talk with Americans, because we were talking with them when they decided to attack us," he tells CBS News' Face the Nation programme.

"This is a war of choice by President Trump and the United States, and we are going to continue our self defence."

(Source: BBC)