Trump says Iran requested Doha meeting despite Tehran denying direct talks
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that Iran had requested a meeting in Doha on Tuesday, meanwhile Tehran insisted that no direct negotiations with Washington are scheduled over efforts to end the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump announced that the meeting would take place in the Qatari capital but did not identify who would participate.
“IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA!” Trump wrote.
The White House later confirmed that U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner would travel to Doha this week for what spokesperson Karoline Leavitt described as “high-level meetings.”
Trump’s announcement came shortly after Iran held talks with Oman on the management of the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first such discussions since Washington and Tehran reached an agreement aimed at ending months of military confrontation.
The latest diplomatic activity follows a mutual decision by the United States and Iran to halt attacks that had threatened to derail the recently signed agreement.
Despite Trump’s remarks, Iran denied that direct negotiations with the United States were imminent.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that an Iranian delegation of technical experts would travel to Doha later this week but stressed that no talks with U.S. officials were planned.
“We have not yet entered the stage of negotiating a final agreement,” Baqaei said, adding that “there will be no negotiation meetings with the U.S. side at any level over the coming days.”