Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed “baseless” media speculation about a possible meeting between Iran’s top security official and the US vice-president, saying no such meeting is being planned.
“These speculations and media reports are entirely baseless, and there are no plans to hold such a meeting,” Araghchi told IRNA on Tuesday, Press TV reports.
His remarks came after several foreign media outlets reported that a meeting could take place between US Vice President JD Vance and Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
Rezaei himself said in a post on X that there were no plans for dialogue with the US.
“STOP manufacturing FAKE NEWS about imaginary talks,” he wrote, adding that the war on Iran had wrecked the US government and that “Washington flails like a desperate gambler”.
“Stop denying the West Asian NEW ORDER. Time to SURRENDER to the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly set out,” he added.
In his remarks on Tuesday, Araghchi also said that Israel had dragged the United States into “forever wars”, arguing that US President Donald Trump “should have realized much earlier that he has failed to achieve any of his objectives in the war against Iran, and will never achieve them”.
Araghchi predicted that Trump would soon realise that he had taken the “wrong path” by imposing sanctions and economic pressure on Iran.
He also stressed that Tehran’s two-day proposal remained on the table, adding that the war on Iran would not be brought to an end through military action or sanctions.
The only way forward, he said, was to use “the language of respect, pursue diplomacy, and meet Iran’s demands and conditions”.
The two-day proposal, conveyed through Qatari mediators, calls for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened to commercial shipping within 48 hours of Washington meeting Tehran’s conditions. These include lifting the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, ending the war on all fronts and unfreezing Iranian assets held abroad.
On Sunday, Araghchi warned that Tehran would “rain down hell” if the United States resumed its attacks, adding that it was up to Washington to accept Iran’s two-day proposal to end the war or choose to continue the conflict.
“Our 2-day proposal stands: meet the requirements, including end to war on all fronts, and you will see results,” Araghchi wrote in a post on X on Sunday.
A senior Iranian security official also told Press TV on Monday that there were no plans for negotiations.
The official said Iran’s policy on negotiations remained unchanged, adding that Tehran would not engage in talks with Washington until the United States took practical steps to meet the seven conditions.