Printed On 14 Jan 2026
Direct contact between senior officers from the US and Iran has damaged down, based on studies, as stress between the 2 international locations rises.
Communications between Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi and US Particular Envoy Steve Wittkopf have been suspended, a senior Iranian official instructed the Reuters information company on Wednesday.
The report got here amid President Donald Trump’s threats to intervene as Iran clamps down on protests. Tehran has vowed that it will retaliate towards US army bases within the area ought to it’s attacked.
The US, alongside European allies, had been looking for over the previous yr to revive a diplomatic push concerning Iran’s nuclear programme. Nonetheless, the Iranian official urged that the raised stress has worn out any risk of progress.
The US threats undermine diplomatic efforts, he mentioned, including that any potential conferences between the 2 officers to discover a diplomatic resolution to the decades-long nuclear dispute have been cancelled.
He additionally mentioned that Tehran had requested US allies within the area to “forestall Washington from attacking”.
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