Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, has told the US to stop manufacturing "fake news about imaginary talks". It is a firmer version of the earlier denial by Iranian state media that he was due to meet JD Vance in Doha.
In posts on X late on Monday 9 November, Rezaei said the US "flails like a desperate gambler", according to Reuters, as reported by Khaleej Times. Fox News quotes him as writing:
"Stop manufacturing FAKE NEWS about imaginary talks."
In a further post, Fox News reports, he wrote: "Time to SURRENDER to the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly set out". Al Jazeera reports that these conditions include lifting US sanctions, releasing frozen funds, recognising a new Hormuz shipping route worked out with Oman, and ending the war on all fronts, including Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
Al Jazeera and Onmanorama report that Iranian officials have dismissed Trump's remarks on the war as fake news or a distraction.
Reuters, via Khaleej Times, also reports that Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, claimed on X that Israel is pushing the US deeper into conflict. He is reported to have said that unless Washington drops the "Israel First" mindset, America and its allies are headed for a "dark age". His exact wording has not been checked.
Iranian authorities also say strikes not publicly acknowledged by the US military are continuing on the ground in Iran, according to Reuters. That claim has not been independently checked.