US Envoy and Iranian FM Text War Updates Like Exes Ignoring Each Other
KEY POINTS
- â˘US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have resumed text communications after more than two weeks.
- â˘President Trump said Iran is reaching out but he doesn't know if the contacts have decision-making authority.
- â˘Iran publicly denies ceasefire talks, demanding permanent peace guarantees rather than temporary deals for rearming.
In the latest international soap opera, US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dusted off their phones for a series of cryptic texts about ending the warâbecause who needs peace talks when you can ghost each other? Despite Drop Site News reporting Witkoffâs messages were ignored like a last-minute party invite, a US official contradicted that by insisting it was Araghchi trying to chat, while Trump himself admitted, 'They wanna deal but we have no idea who they are.' Bonus plot twist: Iranâs new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is MIA and the warâs leading negotiator Araghchi might not even have the powers to pick the pizza toppings, let alone peace. Meanwhile, US hopes of oil money rain dance persist as top Iranian players keep hiding like they lost the group text.
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(1 of 3)Nothing says âpeace negotiationsâ like a confused group chat where both sides ignore each other and even their leaders might be dead or lost in the DMs.
This geopolitical group text saga proves the real war is who can ghost harder while pretending to negotiate.
Iran's Supreme Leader missing? US envoy texting the wrong guy? Sounds like a badly organized Zoom call for world peace.
Source: Axios | Published: 3/16/2026 | Author: Barak Ravid
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