Israel National News reports: “Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, stated on Tuesday that Tehran has not requested any meeting with the United States, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Baghaei’s remarks directly refuted a claim made by US President Donald Trump the preceding day regarding a purported Iranian request for talks.

Trump, speaking to reporters alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, had indicated that the United States would engage in discussions with Iran.

‘We have scheduled Iran talks, and they want to talk,’ Trump asserted. He further added, ‘They’ve requested a meeting and I’m going to go to a meeting, and if we can put something down on paper, that would be fine.’

…Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi recently downplayed the idea that diplomatic talks between the US and Iran would restart soon…”