Iran’s foreign ministry rejected reports about President Masoud Pezeshkian’s letter to Saudi crown prince, saying it was a routine bilateral message focused solely on Hajj coordination and contained nothing related to negotiations with the United States.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said the correspondence was “a completely normal letter exclusively about the Hajj” and that “there was no content in it related to negotiation issues,” according to state news agency IRNA.
He criticized what he called persistent “baseless speculation” about the letter’s purpose, adding that insisting on publishing claims already denied by officials “does nothing to advance national interests.”
Baghaei’s comments follow a rising domestic debate over whether Tehran is exploring indirect channels to Washington after a former lawmaker, Mostafa Kavakebian, said Pezeshkian had sent a message to US President Donald Trump through Mohammed bin Salman offering talks without preconditions.
Reuters reported last week, citing two sources familiar with the exchange, that Pezeshkian had urged the Saudi crown prince to help revive stalled nuclear diplomacy, while Saudi media confirmed only that bin Salman received a letter from the Iranian president.
Iran has repeatedly denied seeking Saudi mediation, saying there is currently no negotiation process with the United States
