TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – The Spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry Bahram Ghasemi rejected the guessing of some social media outlets that Mr. Zarif had a plan to meet his American counterpart Rex Tillerson in New York.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who recently visited the UN headquarters in New York to attend the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development had no meeting with his American counterpart, said the Spokesman of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bahram Ghasemi on Friday.

Mr. Ghasemi denied any intention held by Mr. Zarif to meet with the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during his recent visit to New York.

He described the news spread on some social media reporting as biased.

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