US, Iran passing messages through intermediaries, Tehran says
Messages between the United States and Iran were being passed "through intermediaries," an Iranian official told state media on Sunday, adding that that "the process should not be called negotiations."
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi alleged that the United States continued to violate June's memorandum of understanding, reportedly saying that until that "comes to an end and the United States compensates for what it has violated, the possibility of resuming negotiations does not exist."
Araghchi also reiterated, according to state media, that an agreement with Oman does not mean the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened.
An opening "of the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on the fulfillment of other conditions, and these conditions have been conveyed to the American side through intermediaries," he reportedly said.
-ABC News' Rashid Haddou
