Senior Iranian officials have denied that Iran held talks with the United States, just hours after US President Donald Trump claimed "very good and productive conversations" had taken place towards ending the war. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a social media post on Monday that "no negotiations have been held with the US".

US President Donald Trump's promise of "good" and "productive" talks with Iran are perhaps his most conciliatory remarks since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, but leave significant unanswered questions. Early on Monday morning - just hours before markets opened - Trump took to Truth Social, promising to hold off on striking Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period as talks continue, after having previously threatened to "obliterate" these targets unless Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, however, has denied that any contact between its official and the Trump administration has taken place.

President Donald Trump responded to Iranian state media denying reports that Tehran was engaged in talks with the U.S. on Monday. Trump spoke with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Monday morning, just after announcing "constructive" talks with Tehran. Bartiromo pressed Trump to explain why Iranian media denied that such talks were taking place. "I just spoke with President Trump and he told me that Iran wants to make a deal badly," Bartiromo said. "He said that the talks have been ongoing. I said, how much longer will this conflict go on? He said...five days to halt or postpone strikes on the electrical infrastructure. It could happen sooner, he said. But I have put down five days." "I asked him what his reaction is to Iranian state television, saying that there are no talks, and he said he's not sure what they are referring to because the most recent talks happened, in fact, last night with Steve Wycoff and Jared Kushner and their counterparts," she continued.

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