Iran requested meeting, set to take place tomorrow in Doha: Trump

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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran had requested a meeting, which would take place in Doha on Tuesday (tomorrow), without providing further details.
“Iran has requested a meeting. It will take place tomorrow in Doha,” Trump wrote in all capital letters in a Truth Social post.
His statement came after Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi stated that technical working group meetings under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding were not scheduled for this week.
Iran says $6b of its funds in Qatar ‘should be released’ under US deal
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that $6 billion of Iran’s funds held in Qatar “should be released” and returned to the country under the agreement with the US, according to Iranian media.
“Based on the plans made, $6 billion out of a total of $12 billion of Iran’s funds in Qatar should be released and returned to the country,” Pezeshkian said during a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani, according to ISNA news agency.
He added that “necessary follow-ups are underway” for the return of the remaining funds.
Iran says technical working group meetings under the memorandum with US not scheduled this week
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Monday that technical working group meetings under the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding were not scheduled for this week, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.
Earlier, a source with knowledge of the talks told Reuters that Iranian and US technical teams working on implementing the MoU would be meeting in the coming days.
Gharibabadi also said consultations between Iran and Qatar regarding the US commitments were continuing as planned but that technical working group talks in Doha had not been confirmed.
“Although consultations with Qatar – including on following up on the implementation of the other party’s commitments – are ongoing as usual the news from some media outlets that technical talks by the working groups will be held in Doha cannot be confirmed,” Gharibabadi said in a statement on Telegram, according to Al Jazeera.
“The first round of technical talks within the framework of the designated working groups will be held when conditions are met, and after an agreement is reached on the date and location. Consultations in this regard are continuing through intermediary countries,” he added.
Iran, Oman hold first meeting of joint committee of Strait of Hormuz, Gharibabadi says
Iran and Oman have conducted the first meeting of a joint committee on the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat, the Iranian deputy foreign minister said on his X account on Monday.