Iran rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says minister
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says messages are exchanged through intermediaries but no direct negotiations will resume.
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Iran rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says minister
Photograph: Cumhuriyet (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on 9 August 2026 that Iran and the United States are not engaged in direct talks.
- Araghchi stated negotiations will not resume until the US addresses breaches of an interim deal signed in June.
- Messages between the two countries are exchanged through intermediaries, according to the minister.
- An agreement on the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman is in its final stages but the waterway will not reopen until US conditions are fulfilled.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 6 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
15/100
15 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
On 9 August 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran and the United States are not engaged in direct negotiations. He said talks will not resume while Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June. Araghchi told Mehr news agency that messages between the two countries are exchanged through intermediaries.
Araghchi also said an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman is in its final stages. He indicated the waterway will not reopen until the United States fulfils its conditions. The minister did not specify what those conditions are.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mentioned the Strait of Hormuz agreement between Iran and Oman. The left-rated report from Cumhuriyet and the centre-rated reports from WTVB and Reuters carried it.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 9 Aug 2026, 11:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The only left-rated report printed below, from Cumhuriyet, led on Araghchi’s statement that no direct negotiations are taking place and that the US must correct its breaches before talks can resume. It quoted Araghchi saying, “Müzakereler için zemin oluşturulmasına yönelik çabalar sürüyor” (“Efforts to create a basis for negotiations are continuing”). The report also carried Araghchi’s comment that the Strait of Hormuz agreement does not mean the waterway is fully open.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- Both centre-rated reports, from WTVB and Reuters, led on Araghchi’s statement that Iran will not engage in talks while the US breaches the interim deal. WTVB’s report, sourced from Reuters, included Araghchi’s comment that the Strait of Hormuz agreement is in the “final stages” but will not reopen the waterway. Reuters’ digest carried the same points without additional detail.
Right
6 rated outlets
- All five right-rated digests led on the absence of direct talks and the exchange of messages through intermediaries. Anadolu Ajansı’s digest added that “mediators are still trying to find new ways to negotiate.” Globo’s digest included Araghchi’s statement that Iran does not intend to resume talks while the US violates the interim deal. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the Strait of Hormuz agreement.
Read it at the source
15 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
2Right
6- No direct talks with US, exchange of messages through intermediaries, says Iranian FM Araghchi (opens Times of India in a new tab)
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- No Direct Talks with US, Exchange of Messages Through Intermediaries, Says Iranian FM Araghchi (opens Latestly in a new tab)
- Iran says ‘no direct negotiations’ underway with US, only exchanging messages via mediators (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
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- No direct talks with US, exchange of messages through intermediaries, says Iranian FM Araghchi - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
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- Iranian Minister: 'We Will Not Talk to the US as Long as the Deal Is Violated' (opens De Telegraaf in a new tab)
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- Iran Rejects Negotiations with the U.S. as Long as Agreement Is Violated (opens Globo in a new tab)
Not rated
6- US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: Iran Says ‘No Direct Talks With US,’ Only Messages Via Intermediaries as FM Araghchi Demands Washington Address MoU Violations (opens The Sunday Guardian Live in a new tab)
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- Erakçi: ‘We Are Not Conducting Any Negotiations with the US’ (opens Aydınlık in a new tab)
- Arakchi: We Are Not Negotiating with the US. (opens medyafaresi.com in a new tab)
medyafaresi.com
- Arakchi: No Negotiations with the US, Messages Conveyed Through Intermediaries. (opens Haberler in a new tab)
- Iran Toughens Its Stance on the US — Araghi Says There Are No Direct Talks and Rules Out Negotiations (opens ertnews.gr in a new tab)
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- Iran confirms no direct US talks, only intermediary messages (opens Crypto Briefing in a new tab)
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