US Administration: We're having great and productive talks with the Iranian leadership.

Iranian leadership: lol, wut?

The common response to this is that one or both parties are lying.

My personal headcannon is that the US Admin got taken in by a 419 (Nigerian prince) scam.

"Hello Glorious President,

I a diplomat of the current Iranian regime. We would like to bow to your magnificence, surrender completely, and provide you with complete control of the Iran and billions of US dollers. Unfortunately to do this we will have to file a small "surrender" fee of 100 million US dollars. ....."

#snark