Iran Rejects Trump’s Claim of Secret Peace Talks, Citing ‘Firm Warning’ Over Power Plants
3 min readUpdated: Mar 23, 2026 06:15 PM Iran’s foreign minry has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims that talks were underway between the two countries.
Calling it a “part of efforts to reduce energy prices and buy time for the implementation of his military plans,” Iran’s foreign minry has said there was “no dialogue” between Washington and Tehran, state-affiliated Mehr News reported.
Other Iranian media news outlets had also said that no talks are underway after Trump announced that he was pausing military strikes on Iran’s power plants. Trump also claimed in a Truth Social post that the two countries had held “very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East” over the last two days.
Citing a source, Iran’s Fars news agency said there are no direct or indirect communications with the United States, despite Trump’s recent statement about “productive” talks with Tehran.
Fars said Trump had retreated after hearing that Iran would respond attacking all power plants in the region.
‘Firm warning’
Shortly after Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform, Iranian state television had put up a graphic: “US president backs down following Iran’s firm warning.”
An Iranian official had said the Strait of Hormuz, the critical maritime chokepoint that carries a fifth of the world’s crude oil, will not return to pre-war conditions and energy markets will remain unsettled, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.Story continues below this ad
Tasnim also said no negotiations are underway with the US.
The news agency said to be close to the IRGC said the US President backed down from “attacking critical Iranian infrastructure amid financial market pressure, warning Tehran would continue to defend itself until it achieves deterrence”.
Didn’t start war:Iran
Iran’s foreign minry also said there are “initiatives” from neighbouring nations to “reduce tensions,” according to Mehr News. “Our response to all of them is clear: we are not the party that started this war, and all these requests should be referred to Washington.”
The latest conflict in West Asia began with coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior military and political leaders were killed in those strikes.
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