Iran denies seeking talks with US

Iran has not requested any meeting with the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

He made the remarks while rejecting a claim made by U.S. President Donald Trump the day before that Iran had "requested a meeting," the report said.

Trump, in an address to reporters along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the United States would hold talks with Iran.

He noted, "We have scheduled Iran talks, and they want to talk," adding, "They've requested a meeting and I'm going to go to a meeting, and if we can put something down on paper, that would be fine."

Between April 12 and May 23, Iran and the United States held five rounds of Omani-mediated indirect talks on Tehran's nuclear program and the removal of U.S. sanctions.

Two days prior to the sixth round, scheduled to take place in Oman's capital Muscat on June 15, Israel launched major airstrikes on several areas in Iran, including nuclear and military sites, killing senior commanders, nuclear scientists and many civilians. Iran responded with multiple waves of missile and drone attacks on Israel.

On June 22, U.S. forces bombed the three Iranian nuclear facilities of Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan. In retaliation, Iran struck the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Following 12 days of war, a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was achieved on June 24.