Direct Iran-US communications have been suspended, senior Iranian official says

Dubai: Direct communications between Iran's Foreign ​Minister Abbas Araqchi ‌and US Special Envoy Steve ‌Witkoff have been suspended, a senior official ​told Reuters on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump's ‌threats ‌to intervene amid nationwide protests ⁠in Iran.

The senior official added that US ⁠threats ⁠undermine diplomatic efforts and ‌that ‌potential meetings between the two officials to ‍find a diplomatic solution to a decades-long nuclear dispute have been cancelled.