On June 29, President Trump took to his self-created social media platform, “Truth Social,” to announce that Iran had requested a meeting, stating, “The meeting will take place tomorrow in Doha.”
Later that day, during an interview with the media, Trump suggested that US representatives “might have already departed or are preparing to leave.” He described the potential talks as “maybe important, maybe not,” but confidently claimed that the US had “won militarily,” noting that oil prices had dropped and that Iran had agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons.
Following this, White House spokesperson Levitt told Fox News that Presidential Envoy Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Kushner, would be flying to Doha for the high-level US-Iran talks.
However, Reuters reported a starkly different reality. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei told the media on the 29th that while a technical delegation was indeed heading to Doha, it had “nothing to do with the US side,” and no meetings had been arranged between the two parties.
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Baghaei was clear, stating, “We will not hold negotiations at any level with the US in the coming days.”
He explained that Iran’s current priority is ensuring the execution of relevant clauses in the US-Iran memorandum of understanding. To that end, they are seriously monitoring compliance. According to him, the Iranian expert delegation in Doha will focus on following up on matters such as oil sales and the unfreezing of Iranian assets.
Baghaei further clarified that, under Clause 13 of the memorandum, the precondition for launching final agreement negotiations is that other key clauses begin to be implemented and sustained. Therefore, Iran is not yet at the stage of final agreement negotiations.
