Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 4 / Trend D.Khatinoglu/
Iran has not received any official request from the United States about the necessity of establishing a direct military hotline between the U.S. and Iran, Iran's foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said at weekly briefing on Thursday, IRIB TV reported.
Mehmanparast underscored that the 'hotline' proposal came from some American military officials.
"The best way to avoid from probable military conflict is withdrawal foreign forces from the Persian Gulf," he added.
Some U.S. media outlets have recently quoted an unidentified U.S. defense official as saying that the U.S. is considering setting up a direct military hotline with Iran after a series of close encounters between the U.S. and Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf.
Fearing that a misunderstanding could lead to a wider conflict, U.S. officials are weighing establishing emergency communications, but a final decision is still pending, the U.S. official said.
Earlier, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy Rear Admiral Ali fadavi and Iran's Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi rebuffed the U.S. hotline proposal.