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\nUS 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.
\n\u201cIran has requested a meeting. It will take place tomorrow in Doha,\u201d Trump wrote in all capital letters in a Truth Social post.
\nHis 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.
\nIran says $6b of its funds in Qatar \u2018should be released\u2019 under US deal
\nIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that $6 billion of Iran\u2019s funds held in Qatar \u201cshould be released\u201d and returned to the country under the agreement with the US, according to Iranian media.
\n\u201cBased on the plans made, $6 billion out of a total of $12 billion of Iran\u2019s funds in Qatar should be released and returned to the country,\u201d Pezeshkian said during a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani, according to ISNA news agency.
\nHe added that \u201cnecessary follow-ups are underway\u201d for the return of the remaining funds.
\nIran says technical working group meetings under the memorandum with US not scheduled this week
\nIran\u2019s 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\u2019s Tasnim news agency reported.
\nEarlier, 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.
\nGharibabadi 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.
\n\u201cAlthough consultations with Qatar \u2013 including on following up on the implementation of the other party\u2019s commitments \u2013 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,\u201d Gharibabadi said in a statement on Telegram, according to Al Jazeera.
\n\u201cThe 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,\u201d he added.
\nIran, Oman hold first meeting of joint committee of Strait of Hormuz, Gharibabadi says
\nIran 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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