Iran Sends Mixed Messages on Potential U.S. Talks -- WSJ

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By Laurence Norman

Iranian officials are sending mixed signals on how open they might be for talks with the U.S. to end the current conflict.

Hours after President Trump said the U.S. and Iran are talking, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said there have been no negotiations during the conflict but added that "messages have been received" from the U.S. in recent days requesting "negotiations to end the war."

The spokesman, Ismail Beghaei, didn't rule out the possibility of talks taking place. He said Iran's position on the conditions for ending the war haven't changed.

Meanwhile, amid speculation that U.S. officials could meet Iran's powerful Parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, to discuss an end to the war, Ghalibaf seemed to push back against the idea of any talks.

"Iranian people demand complete and remorseful punishment of the aggressors," he wrote in English in a post on X. "No negotiations have been held with the US, and fakenews is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped."

He didn't directly address the speculation, including in Iranian media, of a possible meeting with the U.S.

This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage).

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