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Revealed On 14 Jan 2026
Direct contact between senior officers from america and Iran has damaged down, in line with experiences, as rigidity between the 2 international locations rises.
Communications between Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi and US Particular Envoy Steve Wittkopf have been suspended, a senior Iranian official informed the Reuters information company on Wednesday.
The report got here amid President Donald Trump’s threats to intervene as Iran clamps down on protests. Tehran has vowed that it will retaliate in opposition to US navy bases within the area ought to or not it’s attacked.
The US, alongside European allies, had been searching for over the previous yr to revive a diplomatic push relating to Iran’s nuclear programme. Nevertheless, the Iranian official steered that the raised rigidity has worn out any risk of progress.
The US threats undermine diplomatic efforts, he mentioned, including that any potential conferences between the 2 officers to discover a diplomatic resolution to the decades-long nuclear dispute have been cancelled.
He additionally mentioned that Tehran had requested US allies within the area to “forestall Washington from attacking”.
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