Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet session on Wednesday, Araqchi dismissed the story by the Kuwaiti daily Al-Jarida about his contact with Witkoff.
“No contact has taken place (with Witkoff),” the Iranian foreign minister said.
Al-Jarida had claimed that in recent days, Araqchi and Witkoff had held discussions on resuming the nuclear talks, and that both sides had agreed on the necessity of returning to the negotiating table.