{"id":26258,"date":"2026-08-03T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26258"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:29:42","slug":"iran-denies-trump-claim-new-peace-talks-planned-after-us-calls-off-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26258","title":{"rendered":"Iran denies Trump claim new peace talks planned after US calls off attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Firan-trump-peace-talks.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Iranian government flat-out rejected <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/02\/world-news\/iranian-revolution-can-happen-any-day-now-as-protest-leaders-try-to-arm-sources\/\">President Trump\u2019s claim that new negotiations were due<\/a> to get underway later Monday, with officials stating that no talks were taking place or scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, 80, told reporters en route to Washington Sunday night that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/02\/world-news\/trump-announces-when-new-iran-talks-to-begin-after-calling-off-massive-weekend-attack\/\">called off a planned \u201cmassive attack\u201d on Iran<\/a> at the request of US partners in the region \u2014 including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey thought that a deal is imminent,\u201d said the president, later adding: \u201cNow what we\u2019re doing is talking to them [Iran], in the form of a \u200bnegotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Trump speaks at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, on July 22, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei speaks in Tehran on June 27, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Xinhua\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Irans\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in an undated photo. <span class=\"credit\">ISNA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei claimed Monday that no negotiations with the US were in prospect and Tehran had no plans to host any foreign delegations or send negotiators abroad in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The only talks under way, Baghaei added, were discussions with Oman over management of the Strait of Hormuz, the closing of which has roiled global energy markets since the start of Operation Epic Fury Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Video footage from CENTCOM shows a strike in an unknown location in Iran. <span class=\"credit\">US Central Command (CENTCOM)\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Smoke is seen rising in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran, on July 30, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Social Media via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A senior Iranian source also told Reuters that no talks were planned and that Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi, currently on a religious piligrimage in Iraq, would be \u200bunavailable at least until the end of the week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iranian government flat-out rejected President Trump\u2019s claim that new negotiations were due to get underway later Monday, with officials stating that no talks were taking place or scheduled. 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