Iranian and US technical teams working on the implementation of an interim peace deal are expected to meet in ‌Doha in the coming days, a source told Reuters on Monday, after tit-for-tat weekend strikes threatened to derail the fragile accord.Mediators have established communications channels to de-escalate any incidents, and technical talks are set to continue, the source, with knowledge of the discussions, added.A senior ​Iranian source said there would be a meeting in Doha on Tuesday, but unlike previous technical talks between Tehran and Washington in Switzerland, the focus would be on managing the Strait of Hormuz and de-escalating tensions.US president Donald Trump confirmed in a social media post that there would be a meeting in Doha on Tuesday, but gave no details.The US and Iran signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding aimed at ending four months of conflict on June 17th, under which both sides agreed to cease hostilities and reopen the ​strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas typically transits.Closure of the waterway sent oil prices to above $100 a barrel, pushing up global inflation and causing a political headache in advance of midterm elections for Trump.The accord paves the way for 60 days of more in-depth talks on issues such as Iran’s nuclear programme, although both sides ‌have ‌given ​conflicting accounts as to what was agreed.Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that $6 billion out of $12 billion of assets frozen in Qatar would be released following the accord and returned to Iran, Iranian state media reported.A woman walks past a billboard welcoming Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian to Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 23rd. Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP He described the memorandum, which includes waivers for sanctions on Iran’s oil and petrochemical ⁠sectors, as “a great victory for the Iranian people”.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ‌Fox News on Monday that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would fly ​to Doha this week for high-level meetings, which would take place alongside technical talks.But in an indication of the uncertainty around the interim deal, Iran’s deputy foreign minister ⁠Kazem Gharibabadi said on Monday, before Trump’s post, that technical ​working group meetings were not scheduled for this week, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.French president Emmanuel Macron on Monday said he was working with Oman to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East and would co-operate with partners to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz.A return to talks would follow several days of strikes and counterstrikes since an Iranian projectile hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, with both the US and Iran accusing the other of breaking the interim ceasefire.Iran, which has sought to exert its authority over shipping in the strait, launched ‌missiles and drones at US military sites in Kuwait ⁠and Bahrain early on Sunday.Workers pull scrap steel from the rubble of a destroyed building block after previous Israeli air strikes in the Dahiya area south of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, on June 18th. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/The New York Times