Iran and U.S. continue dialogue through intermediaries

Iran continues to exchange messages with the United States through intermediaries, but calling them negotiations is premature, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.

"Contacts between us and the opposite side [the United States] are continuing one way or another through intermediaries, but this does not mean that we have started formal talks. Negotiations begin when the parties come to the conclusion that they respect each other's positions and are ready to consider each other's interests on an equal basis," Esmaeil Baghaei said.

He noted that Tehran and Washington are not at this stage yet.

According to the diplomat, Iran remains open to negotiations, but only on certain conditions, which have already been indicated more than once and imply that Tehran retains the right to develop a peaceful atom.

Iran-U.S. talks

In 2025, five rounds of talks between Iran and the United States on the nuclear dossier failed due to the start of Israel's military operation against the Islamic Republic and attacks by the American army on the Iranian nuclear facilities.