Iran dismissed reports and claims of any ongoing talks with the US, calling them fake news and repeating that its position “regarding the Strait of Hormuz and conditions to end the imposed war” remain the same.
Spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Esmail Baghaei, while acknowledging that there had been messages from some friendly countries regarding the US willingness to talk, said that Iran had replied to those messages in an appropriate way without compromising the country’s principles about the current war.
Iran has refused to have negotiations with the US over a ceasefire and has set three conditions for any future negotiations, including:
- the end of strikes on Iran and a guarantee that such attacks will not be carried out in future;
- the withdrawal of US military bases from the region;
- proper compensation for all the damages caused by the war in Iran;
Iran has stated that the claims made by US President Donald Trump about the ongoing talks are false, calling them a stunt as a part of his administration’s attempt to control the rise in the global energy prices. It has also dismissed reports in various western media organizations about the emergence of Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as the possible point of contact.
Trump, in a social media post on Monday, declared he was postponing the attacks on Iranian power plants as there was a “very good and productive conversation” between the two countries over the last two days....
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