The US State Department has denied reports that US President Donald Trump allegedly passing a message about its planned attack to Tehran via an Omani channel, confirming Iran’s statement that no US message had been received.

“Reports that a message was passed last night to the Iranians via an Omani back channel are completely false. These reports are pure Iranian propaganda. #Iran needs to meet our diplomacy with diplomacy”, the US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus wrote on Twitter late on Friday.

Reuters reported on Friday that Tehran had received a message from Trump, sent via Oman, warning it about the US plans to attack the Islamic Republic in the wake of the downing of a US spy drone over Iran.

According to Reuters, Tehran was given a short period of time to respond to the warning, but Keivan Khosravi, a spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, denied the report.

Source: Agencies