Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Tehran had not decided to resume talks with the United States, stressing that messages exchanged through Qatar and Pakistan did not constitute negotiations between the two sides.
Messages do not mean negotiations are resuming
Araghchi made the remarks to the Iranian newspaper Shahrara, distinguishing between exchanging messages through mediators and returning to talks with Washington, and explaining that no decision had yet been made to resume them.
Oman talks and the Strait of Hormuz route
Separately, the Iranian foreign minister said talks with the Sultanate of Oman focused on determining a maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Araghchi added that resuming shipping traffic through the waterway would require the United States to meet the necessary conditions, without the report providing details about the nature of those conditions or the outcome of the talks with the Omani side.
