Iran says it is reviewing a U.S. ceasefire plan but no talks
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Iran reviews a U.S. ceasefire plan but denies engaging in negotiations amid ongoing conflict and rising global tensions.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was desperate to make a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, contradicting the Iranian Foreign Minister who said his country was reviewing a U.S. proposal but had no intention of holding talks to wind down the conflict.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said while there had been no dialogue or negotiation with the U.S., various messages had been exchanged through intermediaries.
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“Messages being conveyed through our friendly countries and us responding by stating our positions or issuing the necessary warnings is not called negotiation or dialogue,” Mr. Araghchi said in a state television interview on Wednesday (March 25, 2026). “It is simply an exchange of messages through our friends.”
Mr. Trump, speaking later on Wednesday (March 25) at an event in Washington, said Iranian leaders “are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly, but they’re afraid to say it because they will be killed by their own people. They’re also afraid they’ll be killed by us.”
Mr. Trump has not identified who the U.S. is negotiating with in Iran, with many high-ranking officials among the thousands of people that killed across the West Asia since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 and Iran launched strikes against Israel, U.S. bases and Gulf states.
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