Iran on Tuesday rejected assertions by US President Donald Trump that Tehran has asked to resume nuclear negotiations. Foreign-ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said “no request for a meeting has been made on our side to the American side,” according to state news agency Tasnim. Trump, speaking at the White House on Monday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told reporters that “Iran talks are scheduled” and that Tehran “wants to talk.” His Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, added that US and Iranian diplomats could meet “next week” in Oslo. Formal contacts between Washington and Tehran have been frozen since a 12-day conflict last month in which Israel, backed by US strikes on 22 June, hit Iranian military and nuclear facilities. Iranian authorities say the Israeli bombardment killed at least 1,060 people, while Israel reported 28 deaths from retaliatory missile and drone fire before a US-brokered cease-fire took effect on 24 June. In a Financial Times opinion piece published Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote that Tehran remains open to diplomacy but “has good reason to doubt further dialogue” after the recent attacks. President Masoud Pezeshkian, who told US commentator Tucker Carlson he saw “no problem” with renewed talks, has faced domestic criticism for appearing too conciliatory.