Iran has claimed no talks are scheduled with the United States in the coming days, despite US President Donald Trump saying that Tehran had "requested a meeting" and that negotiations would take place on June 30 in the Gulf state of Qatar.Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei said an Iranian technical team would visit Qatar's capital, Doha, this week, but that it had no relation to US officials visiting the Arab country."We will not have any negotiations at any level with the American side in the coming days, and the fact that American representatives are traveling to Qatar has nothing to do with the Iranian delegation's trip," Baqaei said in a statement.His comments came after the United States and Iran traded tit-for-tat strikes over the weekend in a reescalation of tensions.Earlier on June 29, Trump wrote on Truth Social: "Iran has requested a meeting. It will take place tomorrow in Doha!"
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would attend talks with Iran in Doha."Special Envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week, as we continue to discuss the memorandum of understanding. On the sidelines of those high-level talks, there will be the technical talks," she said in an interview with Fox News on June 29.Baqaei said the Iranian technical team was traveling to Doha to discuss the release of around $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets held in Qatar.The release of the funds is part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by Tehran and Washington on June 17 aimed at ending the monthslong war.Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said earlier on June 29 that the technical working group was not scheduled to meet this week.
