{"id":519743,"date":"2026-07-01T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/519743\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:03:11","slug":"us-iran-negotiations-whats-the-latest-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/519743\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran negotiations: What\u2019s the latest? | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has met United States envoy<\/a> Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Doha as attempts are made to restart direct talks between Tehran and Washington.<\/p>\n

The US and Iran<\/a> signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on June 17, extending their ceasefire by 60 days, during which they agreed to continue more detailed negotiations on their differences \u2013 with the future of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran\u2019s frozen assets, long-term sanctions relief and Tehran\u2019s nuclear programme among the issues on the table.<\/p>\n

But the two weeks since have seen new tensions rise between the US and Iran over the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, US bombing of Iran, Iranian attacks on US military assets in Kuwait and Bahrain, and continuing Israeli assaults in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

And while Washington has said it will hold direct negotiations with Tehran in Doha, the latter has denied this.<\/p>\n

Here is the latest on the negotiations:<\/p>\n

What are US officials saying?<\/p>\n

US Vice President JD Vance told Fox News that the Trump administration was in a \u201cgreat position\u201d regardless of how the talks pan out.<\/p>\n

The US \u201cobviously\u201d wants the talks to succeed, Vance said, but added that his country was \u201cstill in a much stronger position\u201d than Iran even if they fail. He insisted that Tehran\u2019s nuclear programme and military have been \u201cdestroyed\u201d, and warned that Trump has made clear that any Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz would prompt a US military response.<\/p>\n

Vance again said Iran would be \u201cpermanently transformed\u201d if negotiations aimed at securing a lasting settlement are successful.<\/p>\n

The US vice president also said technical talks with Iran are ongoing on specific points included in the MoU.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal has reported that Trump, when presented recently with a full range of options to restart the war on Iran, told his advisers that he preferred to give diplomacy a chance, and was willing to extend the 60-day truce if needed for discussions on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n

What has Iran said?<\/p>\n

Tehran has denied holding direct talks with the US in Doha, and many Iranian leaders are not present.<\/p>\n

Instead, Iran said it will hold indirect talks on the US-Iran deal with mediator Qatar to discuss implementing the MoU with the US and releasing frozen Iranian assets. This week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran expected $6bn of the frozen Iranian funds to be released by the US as a first step.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Iranian negotiators are expected to be in Doha for talks with Qatari officials on those funds and other elements of the MoU, Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Vance has described Iran\u2019s refusal to acknowledge direct technical talks as a \u201cPersian negotiation tactic\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were scheduled talks, really technical talks, building on the negotiation that we\u2019ve already had. Those are definitely happening tomorrow,\u201d Vance said during an interview on the podcast The Michael Knowles Show released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He said he found Tehran\u2019s public statements \u201cfascinating and frustrating\u201d, noting that Iranian officials deny peace talks while acknowledging technical discussions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll say, \u2018No, no, there aren\u2019t peace talks ongoing, but there are technical talks between the United States and Iran about the peace deal,\u2019\u201d Vance said. \u201cIt\u2019s a Persian negotiating tactic and a Persian rhetorical device that I don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why is Iran reluctant to return to direct talks with the US?<\/p>\n

Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said growing scepticism within Iran\u2019s leadership about the MoU may explain Tehran\u2019s reticence on engaging in direct, senior-level talks with Washington at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last two weeks or so, we\u2019ve seen more pushback inside the Iranian regime. People were saying, \u2018This MoU sounds impressive on paper, but where is the action?’\u201d he told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere\u2019s the frozen assets that are supposed to be released? Where is Iran\u2019s control of the Strait of Hormuz? Why is Israel still in Lebanon?\u201d<\/p>\n

Vatanka said time was running out on implementing the roadmap outlined in the document signed on June 17.<\/p>\n

So \u201cit\u2019s not a surprise that senior officials like Araghchi or Ghalibaf are reluctant to show up in Doha and be standing in front of the cameras because, back home, that could just be a liability for them,\u201d he said, referring to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Consultative Assembly Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.<\/p>\n

What is the significance of these negotiations?<\/p>\n

Scott Uehlinger, a US national security expert, said Washington is using indirect technical talks with Iran in Doha to manage tensions over the Strait of Hormuz despite the absence of direct negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the main point of the American negotiators is to try to use the technical talks, which have already been scheduled, as a way of heading off some difficulties which are clearly lying in the future,\u201d Uehlinger told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

The former CIA officer said those difficulties centre on Iran\u2019s \u201cdiplomatic gambit\u201d to control the Strait of Hormuz. \u201cThe US is trying to \u2026 clarify what Iran\u2019s actual role is in the strait, according to the MoU, and further details that perhaps would be included in a future agreement,\u201d Uehlinger added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has met United States…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5697,21621,42,87,46,88,47,2899,43,8717,238,1823,40,38,41,39,1032,1156,162198],"class_list":["post-519743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-explainer","tag-gcc","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-middle-east","tag-military","tag-news","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-politics","tag-qatar","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}