Iran did not request a meeting with the United States to resume nuclear talks, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday, according to state media.
US President Donald Trump's Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said he would meet with Iranian diplomats "next week or so."
President Trump announced at the end of June that the US would hold talks with the Iranian leadership in the upcoming week in a bid to close a nuclear deal. This was said at a press conference at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands.
Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi earlier said in an interview on state TV that Iran has no plan to meet with the US, contradicting Trump's statement that Washington planned to have talks with Iran next week.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had since said in an interview with conservative US podcaster Tucker Carlson, "I am of the belief that we could very much easily resolve our differences and conflicts with the United States through dialogue and talks."