Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday that prosecutors have filed charges against a former member of parliament and media figure who alleged that President Masoud Pezeshkian sent a message to US President Donald Trump through Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
According to the judiciary’s media center, Tehran prosecutors accused the former lawmaker of “spreading false information” about the content of a letter Pezeshkian sent to the Saudi crown prince.
Earlier this week, the foreign ministry said the letter was a routine diplomatic message concerning coordination for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
The announcement comes days after former lawmaker Mostafa Kavakebian told Iranian media that Pezeshkian had, with the approval of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, sent a message through the Saudi crown prince offering to resume talks with Washington. Reuters had earlier reported that the letter urged Riyadh to help persuade Trump to restart nuclear negotiations — a report Tehran denied.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei dismissed the reports, saying “the president’s message to the Saudi crown prince had purely bilateral content,” and accused some domestic figures of fueling “baseless speculation.”
Reports of Saudi mediation
The Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar reported on Tuesday that Trump had authorized the Saudi crown prince to manage contacts aimed at opening dialogue with Tehran. The paper said bin Salman believed a US-Iran understanding was necessary to reduce regional tensions, though there has been no confirmation from either Washington or Tehran.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA said speculation about third-party mediation misses the broader issue, arguing that the main obstacle is the lack of a shared framework for talks with the United States.
