“My last contact with Mr. Witkoff was prior to his employer’s decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran,” the Iranian foreign minister said in a post on his X account.
“Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public,” Araqchi added.
Iranian and American diplomats were engaged in nuclear negotiations, mediated by Oman, when the US and the Israeli regime launched a large-scale unprovoked military campaign against Iran on February 28, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and several senior military commanders and civilians.
The attacks have involved extensive aerial strikes on both military and civilian locations across Iran, causing significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out retaliatory operations, targeting American and Israeli positions in the occupied territories and at regional bases with waves of missiles and drones.