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The word "direct" is doing heavy lifting in Tehran.
Iran's foreign minister said his country is not engaged in direct talks with the United States about the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, but he did not say communication has stopped.
His actual words: messages are being exchanged through intermediaries. Separately, the Houthi movement claimed an attack on a Saudi refinery.
What "intermediaries" means in diplomatic terms An intermediary is a third party, a government or official who carries messages between two parties that will not negotiate directly.
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