Contacts related to implementing the US-Iran memorandum of understanding continue in Doha, with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner holding meetings with Qatari mediators, even as Doha confirmed there are no direct or high-level meetings scheduled between the American and Iranian delegations.
While consultations proceed through technical channels and Qatari mediation, the files topping the agenda include frozen Iranian assets, freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, and mechanisms for implementing the memorandum's provisions — all amid persistent concern over the fragility of the ceasefire following the mutual strikes of recent days.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari confirmed that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had arrived in Doha to hold consultations with mediators on a number of regional files, including negotiations with Iran, noting that no direct or high-level meetings between the American and Iranian delegations are currently planned.
Al-Ansari added that the current phase is focused on technical meetings covering a number of files, including regional security, the nuclear programme, and economic aspects, with the possibility of moving to higher-level negotiating tracks to be considered at a later stage, according to Reuters and AFP.
On the Iranian side, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei announced that an Iranian technical delegation would hold talks in Doha with the Qatari side as part of follow-up on implementing the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States, confirming, according to Reuters, that there are no plans to hold meetings with the American side in the coming days.
Baghaei clarified that the release of frozen Iranian assets would be among the most prominent topics the Iranian delegation would discuss with Qatari mediators, noting that procedures for releasing those funds are