Iran denies talks are planned after Trump called off strikes. Will U.S. and Iranian officials hold direct talks before Aug 14?

No direct talks between U.S. and Iranian officials took place before August 14, 2026, as both sides remained locked in a dispute over compensation demands tied to the 2026 conflict. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would not resume negotiations "as long as the American violation" of a prior memorandum of understanding continued, according to The Washington Times on August 9; Iran instead relayed messages through intermediaries such as Qatar and Pakistan. President Trump said around August 10 that he would require compensation from Iran for American casualties as a condition for talks, while Iran separately sought reparations for war damage, an impasse Semafor described on August 11 as stalling broader peace negotiations. The dispute was intertwined with parallel Iran-Oman talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran maintained were separate from any U.S. negotiating track. The lack of direct contact continued a monthslong pattern in which earlier 2026 ceasefire arrangements had not translated into resumed bilateral diplomacy. The community was roughly split at 43 percent yes, leaning toward no but with meaningful uncertainty, consistent with the actual outcome of no direct talks occurring.