Key Points:

• Iran's supreme leader rejects direct talks with U.S.
• over his country's nuclear programme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's remarks come as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian travelled to New York for the UN General Assembly .
• Khamenei gave the remarks in a speech aired on Iranian state television .
• Iran's supreme leader rejects direct talks with U.S. over his country's nuclear programme