Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei said on Monday that no talks are scheduled between Iran and the United States in the coming days, denying what US President Donald Trump announced about a meeting to be held on Tuesday in Doha .
Trump had written on his social media platform that “Iran requested a meeting, and it will be held tomorrow in Doha,” without providing further details. White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt also announced that US envoys Steve Wittkopf and Jared Kushner would travel to Doha for high-level meetings this week, noting that technical talks would be held on the sidelines of those meetings to discuss the memorandum of understanding.
In contrast, Baqaei stressed that an Iranian technical delegation would visit Qatar later this week, but the visit was unrelated to the presence of American officials in Doha, and was intended to follow up on the implementation of the provisions of the memorandum of understanding signed with Washington, particularly the eleventh provision concerning the release of frozen Iranian assets.
Baghaei said: “With regard to the eleventh clause, the implementation of this matter is being followed up, and in this context, a specialized delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran will head to Doha later this week,” stressing that “during the coming days, we will not hold any negotiation meetings with the United States at any level,” and that Tehran’s priority now is to implement the commitments stipulated in the memorandum of understanding, and not to start negotiations to reach a final agreement.
For her part, Levitt confirmed that the United States is committed to its side of the ceasefire agreement, adding that any acts of violence will be met with a response, but she stressed that President Trump is seeking to advance the peace process and reach a result.
On Sunday, US media quoted senior officials as saying that Washington and Tehran had agreed to temporarily halt mutual attacks and planned to hold a meeting in Qatar to discuss the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz , following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on June 17 that ended the war that had disrupted navigation in the strait.
Under the memorandum, Iran pledged to guarantee the safe passage of commercial vessels, while the United States agreed to lift its blockade on Iranian ports.
This discrepancy in statements comes days after Trump threatened to “obliterate Iran” if the United States is forced to go to war with it.
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