Senior American diplomat: We extended our hand to negotiate with Iran Donald Blum, one of the top officials of the State Department of America's terrorist state, said that this country extended its hand to Iran for negotiations, but at the same time, it is ready to go another way. He said: The negotiating hand has been extended to Iran and the relevant channels are still open and active. However, we are willing to go a different way. He argued: We cannot allow Iran to take this region and the world economy hostage.