--- title: "Iranian officials deny Trump's claims of backchannel talks" description: "Most outlets reported that Iranian officials have rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion of direct backchannel contacts with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Both excerpts led with the denial, though they cited slightly different names for the IRGC official involved — one as Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi and the other as spokesman Hossein Mohammadi." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3642-iran-dismisses-trump-s-claims-of-backchannel-talks site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Iranian officials deny Trump's claims of backchannel talks world · latest filing 18 Aug 2026, 12:15 AM PKT · 17–18 Aug 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Iranian officials have rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion of direct backchannel contacts with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Both excerpts led with the denial, though they cited slightly different names for the IRGC official involved — one as Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi and the other as spokesman Hossein Mohammadi. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Daily Times** — [IRGC rejects Trump claims of backchannel talks](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1539765/irgc-rejects-trump-claims-of-backchannel-talks/) · 18 Aug 2026, 12:15 AM PKT > Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim of backchannel communications. The IRGC said no talks are underway between its officials and Washington. IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi dismissed Trump’s claim that US officials were directly communicating with the corps. He said diplomatic engagement falls under Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Read more: US […] - **BOL News** — [Iran dismisses Trump’s claims of backchannel talks](https://www.bolnews.com/world/iran-dismisses-trumps-claims-of-backchannel-talks/) · 17 Aug 2026, 10:47 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohammadi said no talks were taking place between the Revolutionary Guards. The post Iran dismisses Trump’s claims of backchannel talks appeared first on BOL News. - **Dunya News** — [IRGC rejects Trump's claim of talks with Iran](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/968418-irgc-rejects-trumps-claim-of-talks-with-iran) · 17 Aug 2026, 10:44 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington has established direct backchannel contacts with the IRGC ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Iran media denies Trump claim about request to avoid strikes](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1504-iran-media-denies-trump-claim-that-tehran-asked-us-not) · 2 Aug 2026 · 4 outlets · 75% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 17–18 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.