Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (L), and foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei (R)
“No negotiations have been held with the US, and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped,” Ghalibaf said in a post on X.
At the same time, Iran’s foreign ministry said it had received messages through “friendly countries” regarding a US request for talks but denied that any negotiations had taken place since the start of the war.
“Over the past few days, messages were received through some friendly countries indicating a US request for negotiations aimed at ending the war,” said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, according to the official IRNA news agency.
However, he “denied any negotiations or talks with the United States during the past 24 days of the imposed war.”
On Monday, on several occasions, President Donald Trump told reporters and in a speech at a public event that the Iranians want a deal and the US wants a deal too, as he announced that Washington envoys were involved in talks with Tehran on an agreement to end the US-Israeli war on the country, setting a five-day timeframe for the talks.
President Trump said there are “major points of agreement” with Iran after talks continued late into Sunday with two top US envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
“We’ll see where they lead,” Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach, adding that the discussions “went, I would say, perfectly,” and were initiated by Iran. “If they carry through with that, it’ll end that problem, that conflict, and I think it’ll end it very, very substantially.”
Trump said envoys Witkoff and Kushner were involved in the talks with what he described as a “respected” Iranian leader.
He added that further phone calls were expected Monday, followed by an in-person meeting “very, very soon.”
Immediately after Trump's Social truth post, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard denied participating in any security talks with the United States, saying that US President's claims of "productive talks with Tehran only reflect a crisis in the American position, following Iran’s continued strikes on its military presence in the region."
On Saturday, Trump issued an ultimatum to Iran to "reopen" the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power plants across the country in 48 hours.
Minutes after the Trump threat, the military operational command of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard fired back, stating that "in the case any attack by the enemy on Iran fuel or energy infrastructure, all energy facilities, communication networks, and water desalination plants linked to the US and Israel in the region would be targetted."
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