{"id":50556,"date":"2026-07-02T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=50556"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:38:55","slug":"us-iran-talks-conclude-in-doha-focused-on-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/us-iran-talks-conclude-in-doha-focused-on-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reuters :\u00a0 Iran and the United States concluded \u200ba round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on \u200cissues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Sources familiar with the discussions said negotiators for the two countries spent two days in Doha discussing maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and unfreezing Iran’s funds, two critical issues under the initial agreement.<\/p>\n

The next meeting will take place after funeral processions for \u200bIran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is due to be buried on July 9, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n

The Doha discussions \u200bproduced “positive progress” on issues related to the memorandum that halted the war in June and were “building on the outcomes” of \u2060a summit in Switzerland, the ministry spokesperson said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said the two sides were making progress \u200bon possible limits to Iran’s nuclear program \u2014 the main reason he launched the war along with Israel in February. “The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well,” \u200bhe told reporters. “They’ve had very good meetings, and we’ll see.”<\/p>\n

But the sources said the nuclear program did not come up in the talks, which were technical in nature.
\nU.S. Vice President JD Vance said that matter would be addressed later. \u201cObviously, we’re worried about the nuclear issue, we’re going to start talking about that,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n

American and Iranian negotiators held \u200bseparate meetings with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, Qatar’s foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and top U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, dispatched to the region for \u200bwhat the White House had billed as “high-level” talks, did not attend the sessions, according to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

The leader of Iran’s delegation, Deputy \u200cForeign Minister \u2060Kazem Gharibabadi, said the talks concluded. Neither side said whether they had managed to bridge any of their differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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