“The lead headlines in Israel about a breakthrough in talks with Iran didn’t seem to impress the Iranian media very much. Websites and newspapers affiliated with the regime and the Revolutionary Guards contained no references to Iran planning to or agreeing to launch direct talks with the United States, nor were there any hints of some back channel opening between the two countries.

On the contrary, the Iranian media on Sunday were full of anti-American and anti-Israel diatribes; with threats to respond to any attack by using sophisticated UAVs and allegations that Israel and the U.S. were responsible for ‘the terror attacks in Iran and Lebanon.’ But one wouldn’t expect that a confirmation or denial of contacts with the United States would come through the Iranian media, at least not at this stage.”

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