Ayatollah Khamenei warned that Iran would not negotiate with Washington on the nuclear deal

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's top leader, said on Tuesday that "there will be no war" with the United States, his official website said.

In a speech to state officials, Khamenei said that the confrontation between the Islamic Republic and the United States was a test of determination rather than a military encounter.

"This confrontation is not military because there will be no war, neither we nor they (the United States) are looking for war, they know it will not interest them", he said, quoted on the website Khamenei.ir.

"The final decision of the Iranian nation is to resist the United States," said Khamenei, adding, "In this clash, the United States will be forced to retreat … because our determination is stronger" .

The supreme leader said the negotiations with the United States were a "poison" because the Americans wanted to move away from Iran with such strong points as their missiles or their "strategic depth" in the region .

"Negotiating with the current US government is doubly toxic … they are not decent humans, they stay out of nothing"He said referring to the US decision to withdraw from the historic 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the world's major powers.

Khamenei accused US President Donald Trump of being unaware of the situation in Iran.

"Its president says that every Friday there are demonstrations in Tehran against the state … First, they take place on Saturday, then they spend in Paris, not in Tehran"He joked.