Conditions for new negotiations have not yet been met, Diplomat Gharibabadi stated.
On Monday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi denied that his country would hold technical negotiations with the United States this week in Doha.
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Speaking to reporters from Muscat, however, the Iranian diplomat said consultations with Qatar, one of the mediators in the negotiations, are continuing as usual.
The deputy foreign minister emphasized that the next round of technical talks will take place only when “the necessary conditions” have been met and once the date and venue have been agreed upon.
On Sunday night, the U.S. news outlet Axios reported that the United States and Iran had agreed to halt the bombings of recent days and meet this week in Qatar.
Through messages posted on the Truth Social network, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that Iran had requested peace talks, with a high-level meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 30, in Doha, Qatar. That claim, however, has been denied by Iranian authorities.
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On June 21, Iran and the United States held high-level negotiations in Switzerland, where they discussed the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed to end the war. The following day, the technical teams from both countries met.
However, over the weekend, military tensions escalated again as a result of U.S. bombings along the southern coast of the Persian country. Iranian forces subsequently responded by attacking U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
The events triggered by the U.S. attacks shattered the relative calm that had prevailed since June 17, when the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to end hostilities and guarantee freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while negotiating a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.
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