Iran's state-linked Tasnim news agency dismissed President Trump's claim that Iranian officials contacted him requesting a halt to U.S. strikes as a 'sheer lie.' The agency said no conversation with Trump took place and that Iran will respond to 'aggression against it through military means.'
Iran's Tasnim news agency has issued a categorical denial of President Donald Trump's claim — made earlier this evening — that Iranian officials had reached out to him. The agency, which is closely aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the claim was a 'sheer lie' and that no communication with Trump took place. It added that Tehran will respond to what it called 'aggression against it through military means.'
The denial arrives in tight succession to several statements in the same thread this evening. As The Zioneer reported, a senior Iranian official dismissed the same outreach claim minutes earlier via IRIB, and Trump himself declared the current U.S. bombing campaign against Iran over while separately stating Israel was not involved in the strikes. Tasnim's military-threat language now escalates the back-and-forth, introducing a direct promise of retaliation after a string of denials.
The backdrop includes broader war-of-words all week: Iran's armed forces spokesman warned of a 'harsh response' earlier today; Iran's army was placed on full alert on June 9 after a Trump threat; and a Foreign Ministry adviser conditioned any deal on full capitulation to Iranian demands. Tonight's Tasnim dispatch closes the loop begun by Trump's outreach claim: both sides are now on record denying any behind-the-scenes contact, and Iran is explicitly framing its next move in military terms.
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