The head of Iran's National Security Council, Ali Larijani, publicly rejected American claims of Iran's readiness to negotiate. On the platform X, Larijani stated in Arabic: "We have no negotiations with the United States" – directly challenging the statements coming from Washington.

This statement came just one day after the American president claimed that "the new Iranian leadership is now willing to talk" and that he had called for such negotiations. Larijani, who previously served as adviser to Iran's former supreme leader, categorically dismissed all reports of an Iranian initiative for diplomatic contact.

The Iranian official stated that Iran is "defending itself" – the rhetoric with which Tehran justifies its military responses to attacks by the US and Israel. At the same time, Hezbollah announced that it had launched rockets at an Israeli military base south of Haifa, in retaliation for the killing of the Iranian supreme leader.

The contradiction between the American claims of Iranian readiness to negotiate and the direct denial from Iranian officials is deepening the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the conflict. At the moment when strikes against Iran interrupted the indirect nuclear negotiations mediated through Oman, the chances of de-escalation appear increasingly remote.

The international community is following the development of the situation with concern. The conflict, which began with American-Israeli strikes, provoked chain reactions across the region, and Larijani's categorical rejection of negotiations makes the prospects for a swift diplomatic resolution look grim.