Iraqchi Denies Kuwaiti Newspaper’s Claim: 'I Haven’t Had Any Contact with Witkoff!

Wednesday, October 08, 2025

SAEDNEWS: The Foreign Minister denied a media report claiming that Witkoff had called him, stating that no such contact took place.

Iraqchi Denies Kuwaiti Newspaper’s Claim: 'I Haven’t Had Any Contact with Witkoff!

According to the political news service of Saed News, citing the foreign policy team of Fars News Agency, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi today (Wednesday, October 8) denied reports by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida regarding a phone call with Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for Middle East affairs. Araghchi stated, “This is incorrect. I deny it. No such call took place.”

Al-Jarida had claimed that Witkoff, in the alleged call, requested Iran’s support for Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza. Discussions about Trump’s 20-point plan for establishing peace in Gaza are currently ongoing in Sharm El-Sheikh.