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Iran’s Araghchi says he’s gotten direct messages from US’s Witkoff — Al Jazeera
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Left: US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Paris, France, April 17, 2025. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP); Right: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says he has been receiving direct messages from US special envoy Steve Witkoff, but they do not constitute “negotiations,” he tells Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV in an interview.
The messages include threats or exchanged views delivered through “friends,” he adds.
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