Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Denied Trump's Claim About Iran's Request for Negotiations

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, responding to Donald Trump’s claim that Iran had asked to negotiate with the United States, rejected the claim and said the American side is not being honest and is using psychological warfare. In the reported versions, this response has been reflected as Iran’s official reply to Trump’s remarks about continuing talks, with the main thrust of the story being Iran’s denial that it requested negotiations. The Times of Israel likewise highlighted this denial and reported it in the context of Trump’s remarks about continuing talks.

• Mehr and Akharin Khabar both emphasized Esmaeil Baghaei’s response and highlighted the sentence in which he said the American side is not honest and that this is part of a psychological game.
• In Mehr’s coverage, the story is framed as “the Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s response to Trump’s claim that Iran requested negotiations,” focusing on the aspect of Iran’s official reply.
• Akharin Khabar preserved the same framework and centered on Baghaei’s response to Trump’s claim that Iran had requested negotiations.
• Akhbar-e Fouri reflected the same message with the same emphasis and highlighted the phrase “the American side is not honest and it is a psychological game” in its headline.
• The Times of Israel, rather than focusing on the tone of Baghaei’s response, emphasized Iran’s outright denial and reported it in the wake of Trump’s remarks about continuing talks.
• In the three Persian-language reports, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson is explicitly named as Esmaeil Baghaei and identified as the official voice of the position.
• In the Persian sources, the main point is that Iran denied requesting negotiations with the United States, not that negotiations had begun.
• In the Persian coverage, Donald Trump is presented as the one who initiated the claim or comment about Iran requesting negotiations.
• In the Times of Israel’s version, the emphasis is on “continuing talks,” and the paper included this point alongside Iran’s denial.
• There is no explicit content disagreement among the sources regarding the denial itself, but there is a difference in framing: the Persian sources focus on Baghaei’s response and wording, while the English source focuses on the context of Trump’s remarks and Iran’s denial.. Coverage difference: The Persian sources narrated the story from the angle of Esmaeil Baghaei’s position, emphasizing the phrase “the American side is not honest and it is a psychological game.” By contrast, the Times of Israel focused more on the fact that Iran denied requesting negotiations and reported that denial after Trump’s remarks about continuing talks. The main narrative difference is not in the substance of the news, but in the degree to which the spokesperson’s tone is highlighted versus the denial of the request to negotiate itself.