{"id":2000106302,"date":"2026-03-24T08:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000106302"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:47:46","slug":"iran-denies-having-talks-with-u-s-calls-them-meaningless-in-current-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/iran-denies-having-talks-with-u-s-calls-them-meaningless-in-current-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran denies having talks with U.S., calls them &#8220;meaningless&#8221; in current conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friendly countries recently sent messages to Iran indicating Washington&#8217;s desire to begin talks on ending the war, but Iran has not responded, the IRNA reported, citing Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baghaei said Tehran&#8217;s stance on the Strait of Hormuz, as well as its conditions to end the war, have not changed, the IRNA reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf also denied the claim on social media platform X, saying &#8220;no negotiations have been held&#8221; with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, several media reports quoted Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian parliament&#8217;s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, as saying that talks with the United States are meaningless in the current conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the day, Trump said he had ordered a five-day delay of planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy facilities, citing what he described as &#8220;very good and productive conversations&#8221; over the past two days aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuters, citing Israel officials, later reported that the United States is holding negotiations with Ghalibaf, and that the two sides could hold talks in Pakistan&#8217;s Islamabad as early as this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The developments came amid heightened regional tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on February 28, to which Iran and its regional allies responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Donald-Trump-says-US-Iran-in-productive-talks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000106239\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iran&#8217;s declaration comes hours after President Trump said he had ordered a five-day delay of planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy facilities, citing what he described as &#8220;very good and productive conversations&#8221; 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