Iran will not negotiate with the US under threats, says foreign minister

Aragchi also denied US President Donald Trump, who had said on Tuesday that Iran wants to negotiate and that the Iranian government had already “called several times”. In statements broadcast on state TV, the chancellor stated that there had been “no contact” in recent days with the US special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and that “Iran did not seek negotiations”. “You cannot talk about dialogue in an environment of threats,” he said.