The war between America, Israel and Iran has reached its third week and during this period, for the first time, there has been a direct conversation between the White House Special Envoy and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Washington-based media outlet Axios has given this news quoting American officials.
According to the report, it is not clear what happened between US Ambassador Steve Witkoff and Abbas Araghchi, but it has been learned that this is the first high level conversation after the start of the war. In media reports, citing American and Iranian officials, the same thing is being told in different ways. Some are saying that Araghchi sent messages to Witkoff, while some say that Witkoff sent messages to Araghchi regarding war.
Axios report quoted American officials as saying that the Iranian Foreign Minister texted Steve Witkoff to end the war. However, another media outlet Drop Site News quoted Iranian officials as saying that Steve Witkoff sent the message to Araghchi, but the Iranian Foreign Minister ignored his message.
American officials also say that Araghchi wanted to talk to the White House, but America is not talking to him. However, no official source has given information about how many messages were sent and what happened in them. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has made a post on this issue on social media platform X.
My last contact with Mr. Witkoff was prior to his employer’s decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran.
Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) March 16, 2026
In the post, Abbas Araghchi has written that he has not had any conversation with Steve Witkoff recently. He told that he last spoke to Steve Witkoff when Iran was attacked last year. Araghchi said, ‘Any claims made to the contrary appear to be made to mislead oil traders and the public.’
On Monday (March 16, 2026), US President Donald Trump also said that Iranian officials are trying to talk to American officials. He said, ‘They want to deal with us. They are talking to our people… Some people want to talk, but we don’t know who they are. During this time, Trump had also said that if Iran wants to talk, then we are not against talking. Sometimes good things happen by talking.
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