Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran has “not had any direct negotiations with the US so far”.
“What has been discussed are messages we received through intermediaries stating that the US wants to negotiate,” Baghaei said in comments according to the semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
“I wonder how many people in America take the claims of American diplomacy seriously. Our task is clear, unlike the other side, which keeps changing its position,” he said.
“Iran has been clear about its position from the beginning, and we know very well what the framework is that we are considering. The material conveyed to us has been excessive and unreasonable requests,” he added.
“The meetings that Pakistan has are a framework that they established themselves and we did not participate in. It is good for the countries of the region to be concerned about ending the war, but they should be careful about which side started the war.”
Trump calls Iran’s current leaders ‘very reasonable’ as Pakistan prepares to host talks
US President Donald Trump said the US and Iran have been meeting “directly and indirectly” and that Iran’s new leaders have been “very reasonable”, as more US troops arrived in the region and Tehran warned it will not accept humiliation.
Trump’s remarks on Sunday came after Pakistan, which is acting as an intermediary between Tehran and Washington, said it was preparing to host “meaningful talks” in the coming days aimed at ending the month-long Iran war.
“I think we’ll make a deal with them, I’m pretty sure, but it’s possible we won’t,” Trump told reporters on Sunday evening as he travelled aboard Air Force One to Washington.
