The new speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, on Sunday ruled out the likelihood of talks with United States.
The Iranian parliament considers negotiations and compromise with the United States as "futile and harmful," he said, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Qalibaf stressed that the strategic policy of the Islamic Republic is to expel the US forces from the region.
"The new parliament regards the fight against the world arrogance as an ideological cause and a strategic interest of Iran," he said.
The comments come amid continued tensions between the US and Iran. The US Navy recently issued a warning to mariners in the Gulf to stay 100 meters away from US warships or risk being “interpreted as a threat and subject to lawful defensive measures”.
While no mention was made of Iran in the notice, it follows US President Donald Trump’s threat last month to fire on any Iranian ships that harass Navy vessels.
Trump’s warning followed a tense encounter between US and Iranian ships in the Persian Gulf.
The US military said at the time that 11 Revolutionary Guards naval vessels from the Guards navy came close to US Navy and coast guard ships in the Gulf, calling the moves “dangerous and provocative”.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard acknowledged that the incident had taken place, but also claimed that it was American forces who sparked the incident.
Last week, the Revolutionary Guards warned the US against its naval presence in the Gulf.
"We announce today that wherever the Americans are, we are right next to them, and they will feel our presence even more in the near future," the Guards' navy chief Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said.