Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there are no plans for Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, to meet US Vice President JD Vance. He made the denial on Tuesday 10 November, Iran International reports.
It contradicts the account given on Monday by Ibrahim Kalın, head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation, who said Qatar would host the two men next week. The earlier Iranian rejection came from an unnamed senior security official quoted by Press TV. This time the denial comes from the foreign minister himself.
Araghchi also said the war would not end through military action or increased sanctions. He said:
"The only way to end it is diplomacy and acceptance of the Islamic Republic's conditions"
Khaama reports that Araghchi said Iran's two-day proposal remains on the table and urged Trump to use a 'language of respect'. He also said Trump would eventually realise that relying on economic pressure and sanctions was the wrong approach, according to Khaama.
Neither Kalın's account nor Araghchi's denial has been independently checked.