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The White House expressed strong disapproval on Monday following a report that disclosed Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s representative for the Middle East, has been sending private messages to Iranian officials in an effort to restart peace talks — however, these communications have gone unanswered.

Although Trump has stated that Iranian officials are seeking to restart talks,sayingas recently as Sunday night that they “want to negotiate desperately,” areportMonday from Drop Site News appears to indicate the opposite.

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“Behind the scenes, it is the Trump administration that has been requesting discussions,” stated Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News in the publication’s report.

Two Iranian representatives informed Drop Site that Trump’s Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, directly conveyed communications to officials in Tehran, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, during the past week, examining potential for restarting talks. Iran has yet to respond to Witkoff. The Iranian sources mentioned to Drop Site that Iran has also received messages from the White House through third-party nations.

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A source identified by Drop Site News as a “senior Iranian official” shared that Witkoff had, on several occasions, tried to revive peace discussions with Tehran in the past week. The official, who spoke to Drop Site News under the condition of anonymity, stated, “Iran has once more shut the door on any direct talks.”

Araghchi has citedtwo previous cases in which they were caught off guard during discussions by either the United States or Israel as justification for declining to resume conversations. Iran faced an attack last summeramid negotiationsauthorized by the United States, and once more towards the end of last month by both the United States and Israel following Trump’s initial approval of Operation Epic Fury.

When questioned about the claim that Witkoff has been sending messages to Iranian officials, a White House representative reacted strongly to Drop Site News, labeling the publication “disgusting.”

“The radical, left-wing Drop Site News is evidently supporting the Iranian terrorist regime – and reports such as these, which are based on pure fiction and reference unnamed sources, should be rejected right away,” said the White House spokesperson to Drop Site News.

Iran supports this false news media organization with propaganda, and they present it as truth, which is disgusting, America First conduct. Operation Epic Fury will proceed without interruption until President Trump, as the Commander-in-Chief, decides that the objectives of Operation Epic Fury, including ensuring Iran no longer represents a military threat, have been completely achieved.