Iranian Security Official Rejects U.S. Claims of Ongoing Talks, Qatar Meeting

An Iranian official challenged U.S. statements that negotiations with Tehran were continuing and that a meeting between the two sides would take place in Qatar, saying Washington had not clearly answered Iran’s proposed conditions.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Iran had asked the United States for a clear, explicit response to those conditions. He said Washington had not provided one and characterized its response as deceptive.

The two assertions were distinct: one concerned whether negotiations would continue, while the other concerned a possible meeting in Qatar. The secretary rejected both and linked the dispute to Washington’s unanswered response to Iran’s conditions.