DOHA/DUBAI/WASHINGTON ¨C Iranian and U.S. negotiating teams were due in Doha this week, but Iran said on Monday no meeting had been scheduled as weekend missile fire from both sides tested the interim ceasefire to end the four-month-old war.
U.S. President Donald Trump is sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, according to his ?press secretary Karoline Leavitt. While Iran is sending its technical delegation to Qatar this week, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said this had ¡°no relation¡± to the Americans¡¯ visit ?and no ?talks between the two sides were scheduled.
¡°We will not have any negotiation meetings at any level with the American side in the coming ?days,¡± Baghaei said. The disagreement over whether the sides would even meet underscored the fragility of a June 17 accord to pause a conflict that has disrupted global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and created a political headache for Trump ahead of November¡¯s congressional elections.
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