No Letter Received from US President Trump, Tehran Reiterates

Tehran has reiterated that it has not received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, following his recent claim that he sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqayi said during a press conference on Monday that Iran has not received any letter from the US president, The Caspian Post reports, citing Iranian media.

In an interview on Friday, Trump claimed that he had sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and proposed to negotiate with Iran on a new deal. Iran says it has not received any such letter, reiterating its position of not negotiating with Washington under pressure.

“Some foreign governments and domineering figures insist on negotiations, while their goal is not to resolve issues but to exert control and impose their own agendas,” Ayatollah Khamenei said on Saturday, dismissing the idea of negotiation with the U.S.

Baqayi also said during his presser that the most significant event in the past week was the extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, which was held at the proposal of the Islamic Republic of Iran to address developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.

He said the meeting specifically aimed to make a decision regarding the plot to forcibly displace the people of Gaza to neighboring countries.

“On the sidelines of the meeting, the foreign minister also held good discussions with his counterparts from several Islamic countries,” he added.