Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Iranian Officials Say They Have Been Ignoring Witkoff's Private Requests to Talk
Trump's special envoy has been texting #Iran’s foreign minister asking to start talks. Tehran says the war will end only when Iran believes it has established long-term deterrence.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-war-trump-witkoff-araghchi
from #DropSiteNews
March 16, 2026
...Araghchi took to X to deny the White House’s claims. “My last contact with Mr. #Witkoff was prior to his employer’s decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran. Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public,” he wrote.
...#Araghchi publicly rejected Trump’s characterizations. “We never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation,” he told CBS on Sunday. “We are ready to defend ourselves as long as it takes. ...and we continue to do that until President #Trump comes to the point that this is an illegal war with no victory.”
