Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that his last contact with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff was before the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, contradicting an earlier media report that a direct communications channel between the two men was reactivated in recent days, APA reports citing Reuters.
"My last contact with Mr. Witkoff was prior to his employer's decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran," the Iranian foreign minister wrote on X.
"Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public."