Overview
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said discussions, including contacts in New York, stalled because Washington pressed what Tehran calls unreasonable terms.
- Araghchi confirmed exchanges via intermediaries and indirect contact with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, stressing these do not amount to formal talks.
- Iranian officials say messages seeking a path back to dialogue were sent to Washington in recent weeks but received no reply, according to prior reporting.
- Five rounds of indirect talks earlier in 2025 ended without agreement following June strikes on Iranian sites by the United States and Israel and subsequent regional escalation.
- Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei last month rejected renewed engagement, describing the U.S. approach as diktat rather than dialogue.