Tensions between the US and Iran continue to escalate, with both sides offering sharply conflicting accounts of recent developments.
On Monday, Donald Trump claimed that “very good and productive” conversations with Iran had taken place, and even that the U.S. Department of War would “postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure.” However, Iran has firmly denied this. According to the state news agency Fars, there has been no form of contact – direct or indirect.
Iran’s warning
Instead, a statement warning of “special plans” for the US leader, which would “completely remove the hope of negotiations,” has been issued.
“Tonight, special events are planned for Tel Aviv and some regional allies of the US and Israel that will completely remove the hope of negotiations from the minds of the aggressors,” a source told Fars News Agency (via LBC), according to LADBible.
Speaking in Memphis, Trump reportedly said the conversations had begun days prior. “They started last night, a little bit, the night before that. I think they’re very good. They want peace. They have agreed they won’t have a nuclear weapon. But we’ll see,” he said.
At the same time, he warned that Iran had “one more opportunity to end its threats to America and our allies,” adding that the US “mean[s] business.”
“There were no negotiations”
Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated that “no negotiations” had taken place. Iran’s Foreign Ministry also rejected the claims, with state TV suggesting Trump had stepped back “following Iran’s firm warning.”
In a message on Telegram, Fars reiterated that no negotiations had occurred.
“Informed officials in Iran announced that there were no negotiations and emphasized that until the US completely withdrew, evacuated its bases in the region, paid compensation, and received valid guarantees not to repeat the aggression, neither would the war end nor would the Strait of Hormuz be reopened.”
The Strait of Hormuz, responsible for roughly a quarter of the world’s oil trade, remains a key point of concern. Iranian officials indicated that even if hostilities were to cease, the situation in the strait would not return to normal.
“According to this report, even after the possible end of the war, the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to the pre-war situation,” the statement read.
The White House has since described the situation as “fluid,” noting that no formal meetings between the US and Iran have been announced.
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