Amid fresh attacks and speculation over the state of negotiations between Washington and Tehran, Iran's foreign minister said contact between the two countries was continuing.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen broadcaster in an interview published by Iranian media on Wednesday that contacts with the United States had not been severed.
He said progress in the negotiations would only be possible once the war involving Iran and Lebanon had ended. In recent days, Iranian media, citing sources close to the talks, had reported that negotiations between the parties had broken down.
US President Donald Trump rejected this. "Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump said on his Truth Social platform earlier this week.
Confusion was also fuelled by statements from Iran over overnight attacks on an airport in Kuwait. According to official figures, one person was killed and more than 60 were injured.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) initially did not deny responsibility for the attacks. After Kuwait expelled Iranian diplomatic staff in response, however, an IRGC spokesman denied that Iran had targeted Kuwait, according to the Iranian news agency Tasnim. He said the damage had been caused by misdirected US interceptor missiles.
For days there has been speculation about the state of negotiations in the Iran conflict amid differing statements coming out of Washington and Tehran.
