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Iran has no plans to hold talks with US officials, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday, dismissing reports suggesting otherwise as unfounded, Anadolu Agency reported.
Araghchi said Tehran had carefully examined a message from US Vice President JD Vance to senior Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei. The matter remains under review by the relevant authorities, according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA.
He said claims that talks were planned did not reflect the truth and that Iran currently saw no need for negotiations with the United States. Tehran’s conditions were clear, he added, while contacts continued with Qatar and Pakistan acting as mediators.
Any decision on whether negotiations would be direct or indirect would come after the US agreed to Iran’s conditions, Araghchi said. He described Vance’s message and US efforts to open dialogue and reach a broader understanding as a potentially positive step.
Asked about a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Iran’s seven conditions were accepted, Araghchi said Qatar had asked for the implementation period to be cut to five days. A proposal to reduce it further to two days was under discussion, he said.
Iran says it is prepared for all scenarios
Araghchi said Iran did not rule out the possibility of war and was prepared for all scenarios. Reopening the Strait of Hormuz, he said, was conditional on accepting a new transit route designated by Iran and Oman and closing alternative routes.
Iran was also demanding that the United States reinstate the waiver concerning Iranian oil sales and release all frozen Iranian assets, including those held in Qatar, he said.
The Wall Street Journal previously reported, citing US officials, that Vance had sent Rezaei a message at President Donald Trump’s direction in an effort to revive peace talks. Trump denied the report, saying Vance’s role was limited to helping provide medical supplies needed by Iran.
Araghchi’s comments came amid mediation efforts by Qatar and Pakistan to revive negotiations between Washington and Tehran, with reports of progress in indirect talks in Doha. The efforts aim to reach understandings on Iran’s nuclear program, sanctions and navigation security in the Strait of Hormuz.
Ceasefire and navigation framework
The United States and Israel began attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. Tehran retaliated by targeting Israel and US assets in the region before a ceasefire agreement was reached in April.
In June, Washington and Tehran signed a framework agreement on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Its implementation stalled amid disagreements over security in the strait.
