Iranian officials continue to deny that negotiations with the United States are taking place this week, according to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). The denial comes hours after the Trump administration said talks were progressing and no meetings had been canceled.
Iranian officials continue to deny that any US-Iran talks are taking place this week, a position they have held since Monday morning, according to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). The latest denial comes hours after a senior US official told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday night that no talks had been canceled and technical discussions remained scheduled in Qatar, contradicting Iran's position.
The denial, reported shortly after 21:47 Jerusalem, is the most recent in a series of Iranian rebuttals. As The Zioneer reported at 15:22 Monday, Iranian sources told the Associated Press that no meeting with the US was scheduled for that day, directly contradicting President Trump's earlier claim of an imminent deal. By 20:56, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei stated flatly that no talks would take place in the coming days and rejected any link between an American delegation's visit to Qatar and the Iranian team in Doha. The thread of Iranian denials began Sunday, when Iran said it skipped planned technical talks citing recent attacks and unmet conditions under the memorandum of understanding, as The Zioneer reported at 22:43 Sunday.
The US position, as reported by The Zioneer from a senior official early Monday (00:24 Jerusalem), maintains that technical discussions are still scheduled in Qatar and that nothing has been canceled. This places the two sides at a clear impasse regarding the status of engagement.
What remains open: whether any back-channel or indirect contacts are occurring, and whether the denial applies to technical-level meetings as well as formal political talks. Neither side has publicly confirmed a face-to-face meeting this week.
8 developments
- StrongIran rejects Qatari proposal for trilateral meeting with US
- StrongIran foreign ministry says Doha delegation focusing on unfreezing assets, denies final deal talks
- StrongIranian spokesman: no trip to Pakistan or Geneva in coming days, deal not imminent
- DevelopingIranian sources tell AP: no meeting with US scheduled for tomorrow, contradicting Trump
Source and signal
- Internal intake