Iran pushes back on Trump claim about new talks

International Iran pushes back on Trump claim about new talks Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 08/03/26 11:09 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 08/03/26 11:09 AM ET Comments: Link copied

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Iran on Monday pushed back on President Trump’s claims that Tehran is negotiating with the administration regarding a longer-term end to the months-long conflict.

“We are not currently holding negotiations with the United States. Our talks are with Oman and are focused on reaching an understanding on a route that would allow shipping traffic to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said during a Monday press conference.

“Our aim is to work out, as soon as possible and in consultation and cooperation with Oman, a route that would naturally be temporary and would enable us to ensure the security of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” he added.

Baghaei’s comments come after Iran denied Oman’s original proposal regarding joint management of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s control over the critical shipping route remains paramount to its economic and political pull on the broader global energy market amid the conflict.

Trump and his advisers have unsuccessfully mounted several attempts to end the war overseas and each time have returned to widespread attacks on Iran, citing the need to prevent the Middle Eastern country from developing a nuclear weapon.

On Sunday, the president said he’d called off a “massive attack” at the request of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies.

“I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, by Qatar, and by Iran,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

“We were all set to go. Just about at this time, right now,” he said on Sunday, noting that the allies asked to call it off because “they think there’s a deal.”  

“There’s a deal on Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear,” Trump told reporters.

News of a potential deal comes after the breakdown of the latest ceasefire agreement on July 8.

Trump resumed strikes officially after ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz were attacked by Iran. Since then, Gulf countries have faced the repercussions of a growing war as Iran’s proxies look to take control of shipping routes in the Red Sea and other portions of the Middle East.

“As long as the current U.S. evil acts continue, as long as the naval blockade of Iran remains in place, as long as U.S. military aggression against Iran and its interests carries on, and as long as the United States continues the violations it has committed during this period, there will naturally be no significant development or major change in the situation in the Strait of Hormuz,” Baghaei said on Monday, doubling down on Iran’s pledge not to back down.

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