Less than 48 hours after announcing a Hormuz deal was close, Trump now says Iran asked for talks and then publicly denied any were happening.
The gap between what President Trump claimed and what Iran acknowledges has now widened into a direct public accusation. In a Truth Social post Monday morning, Trump called the Iranian leadership “unbelievably duplicitous,” writing that Iranian officials asked for a meeting, talks began, and more were scheduled — only for Iran to then say publicly that it was having no discussions with the U.S. at all, and was dealing only with Oman.
That matches what WECU News reported this morning: Iran's Foreign Ministry has maintained since Sunday that it is not negotiating with Washington, and that its only active talks concern a safe shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz with Oman — not the broader reopening or nuclear agreement Trump described over the weekend.
In the same post, Trump disputed Iran's characterization of control over the strait, saying the waterway is “completely controlled by the United States Navy” and that nothing moves through it “unless we want it to.” He said any resolution would require either a deal or, in his words, Iran's “Total Surrender,” and reiterated that Iran will not be permitted a nuclear weapon.
Trump had said Sunday that talks with Iran would begin Monday afternoon following his decision to call off what he described as a planned strike “bigger than anything since World War II.” As of Monday morning, Iran has not confirmed any U.S.-Iran talks are scheduled to take place.
The dispute leaves the practical question from this morning's story unchanged: it remains unclear whether the two sides are describing the same agreement at all, or whether any agreement exists. WECU News will continue to update as the situation develops