US President Trump has warned that the current set of negotiations is Iran’s “last chance” to end the war between the two nations.
Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office on Monday, Trump confirmed that talks were “going on right now”, and that this round “is a last chance for them to sign a good document”.
Tehran, though, denied that talks are in progress, with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stating that it will continue defending its borders.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei also cast doubt over Trump’s comments in a press conference the same day, saying that there is no immediate plan for negotiations with the US.
Baghaei did, however, say that the regime is engaging in talks with Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
US media reports suggest that these talks do not include Trump’s proposal of a second shipping lane in the Strait to circumvent future potential blockades by Iran.
A ship on the Strait of Hormuz (Image: Getty Images)AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images
Mohsen Rezaei, an advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, told Iranian television: “We will not allow a second corridor to be opened in the Strait of Hormuz, and any warship or military force that approaches it will be hit.
“Trump's moves could ignite the spark of World War Three.”
Meanwhile, in a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump claimed Iran's leaders were “unbelievably duplicitous” and accused them of lying in their statements denying the progress of talks, adding that they would go ahead “whether Iran wants to admit it or not”.
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