BBC:
Iran’s foreign minister says the country is not currently negotiating with the US to end the war and “does not intend” to do so.
Abbas Araghchi’s comments came as US President Donald Trump’s press secretary said talks were “ongoing” and “productive”. Araghchi said the US had been sending ideas via mediators – at one stage appearing to refer to a 15-point plan the US is reported to have passed to Iran.
Without explicitly rejecting the plan outright, the foreign minister repeated some of the arguments earlier outlined by an unnamed Iranian official in a five-point counter-proposal.
The war began on 28 February with US and Israeli air strikes, after which Iran widened hostilities by targeting American allies in the Gulf.
