Tehran, May 8 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Wednesday dismissed a recent media report and the speculations about a proposal by Tehran on direct nuclear talks with Washington and an imminent meeting between the Iranian and U.S. presidents.
He made the remarks to Iran's Press TV while reacting to a recent report by the Israeli news website Ynet, which claimed that Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi had approached U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, requesting direct nuclear negotiations with the U.S. delegation due to "frustration" with Omani mediation efforts to bridge the gap between the two sides.
Baghaei also rejected media speculations that U.S. President Donald Trump, during his upcoming visit to...