Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a member of the Iranian delegation in Islamabad, said no Iranian has contacted President Trump, rejecting claims of Iranian outreach. The statement aligns with earlier Iranian denials.
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a member of the Iranian delegation currently in Islamabad, stated late Wednesday that no Iranian official has contacted U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a post on his the source. The remark directly rebuts Trump's claim, made earlier Wednesday, that Iranian officials had reached out to him requesting a halt to U.S. military strikes. Marandi's denial follows a string of similar rejections from Iranian officials and state media in recent days. Earlier Wednesday, Iran's Tasnim news agency called Trump's assertion a 'sheer lie' and said Iran would respond militarily to any aggression. On Tuesday, a source close to the Iranian negotiating team told Israeli media that Iran had sent no new proposal to the U.S. The pattern of denials suggests the Iranian political establishment is coordinating a public rejection of any diplomatic outreach narrative. Marandi, a prominent academic and regime loyalist, often serves as a semi-official voice on foreign policy. The delegation is in Pakistan for meetings whose agenda remains unclear, though Islamabad has offered to mediate between Tehran and Washington.
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