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Iran's Araghchi Denies Contact With Trump Envoy Witkoff

Are these reports false and if not, who initiated the conversation?

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Iran's Araghchi Denies Contact With Trump Envoy Witkoff

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Above: Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 17. Image credit: Valentin Flauraud/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Iran's Araghchi initiated conversations with Witkoff about the possible resumption of negotiations but the U.S. are not talking with the Iranians at this stage of the war.

Axios

Establishment-critical narrative

It was Witkoff that first got in touch with Araghchi but the Iranians have no interest in responding after the U.S. attacked it during the last round of negotiations.

Drop Sight News

Pro-Iran narrative

These reports are false. There has been no contact between the Iranian foreign minister and Trump's envoy since the start of the war. These fake reports are simply intended to stabilize the oil markets that have been disrupted by America's illegal war.

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