Iran won't accept U.S. effort at ceasefire in war, state media reports
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President Donald Trump has claimed the United States and Iran are "in negotiations now." But the Islamic Republic denies any direct talks to end the war.
Iran will not accept a ceasefire offer from the United States, Iranian state media reported Wednesday.
The FARS News Agency state media outlet, citing what it called an informed source, said there have been increased U.S. efforts to put a ceasefire into effect and start indirect talks with Iran to end the war that began on Feb. 28 with strikes by the U.S. and Israel on the Islamic Republic.
"Iran does not accept a ceasefire," that informed source told FARS, according to a translation of the news site's Telegram page that reported the interview.
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