[Sources: Senior U.S. and Iranian officials recently exchanged text messages] According to Golden Finance on March 17, citing AXIOS, a U.S. official and informed sources revealed that the direct communication channel between U.S. envoy Malley and Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi has recently been reactivated. Sources stated that Araghchi sent text messages to Malley focusing on ending the war. The aforementioned U.S. official claimed that it was Araghchi who attempted to reach out but then added that the U.S. 'has not engaged in dialogue' with Iran. Neither of the two sources provided details on the number of text messages exchanged or their specific content.