Iran Dismisses US Claim of Nuclear Talks Resuming Next Week (1)

Iran denied that nuclear talks with the US are scheduled to resume, diminishing prospects for diplomacy after President Donald Trump suggested a deal could come as early as next week.

“I say explicitly that no agreement, arrangement or discussion has taken place regarding the initiation of new negotiations,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with state TV late Thursday. “Some of the speculation about the resumption of negotiations should not be taken seriously.”

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi

Photographer: Fred Merz/Bloomberg

Trump had said on Wednesday that the two sides would talk next week and “may” sign an agreement. That would have been their first ...