Iran says it\u2019s sending delegation to Doha to follow up on implementation of ceasefire deal, but no direct talks with US.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump says a meeting will take place between Iran and the United States in Qatar on Tuesday, suggesting that diplomacy is still on track despite the recent military skirmishes<\/a> in the Gulf.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s announcement on Monday came less than two hours after a top Iranian official said that technical talks over the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Washington and Tehran \u201care not planned\u201d for this week.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n \u201cIRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA!\u201d Trump wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n Iran has said that it will send a delegation to Doha to follow up on the implementation of the MoU, but Iranian officials would not meet with their US counterparts.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will not have any negotiation meetings at any level with the American side in the coming days, and the fact that the US representatives are traveling to Qatar has nothing to do with the visit of the Iranian delegation,\u201d Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.<\/p>\n White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt had said earlier that special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump\u2019s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will lead the US negotiating team in Doha.<\/p>\n \u201cSpecial 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,\u201d she told Fox News.<\/p>\n Leavitt added that technical talks will take place on the sidelines of the high-level negotiations.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n