Top US envoys Steve Witkoff and ‌Jared Kushner were in Doha on Tuesday for meetings with Qatari mediators to discuss negotiations with Iran, but Qatar and Iran said there would be no high-level meeting between Washington and Tehran on Tuesday or in the coming days, contradicting a Monday claim by US President Donald Trump.

“Mr. Steve Witfoff and Mr. Jared Kushner are here in Doha to meet with mediators, with Qatari officials, and the talks will be around all regional issues… including, of course, negotiations with Iran, but also including Lebanon,” Qatari foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said.

“They are not here for their negotiations with the Iranians,” he told a media briefing.

Ansari clarified that no high-level meetings or direct talks between the United States and Iran were planned in Doha.

“To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct meetings scheduled between the two parties in the coming days,” he said, adding that no high-level Iranian delegation was in Qatar.

Instead, there will be so-called technical talks this week on issues including regional security that could later be elevated to senior level, Ansari said, saying the technical meetings “are ongoing… and they haven’t stopped.” They include “tracks on the nuclear side… a track on the economic and state performance issue” as well as security, the spokesman said.

Trump had said Monday that his country’s next meeting with Iran would take place in Qatar on Tuesday.

“Iran has requested a meeting. It will take place tomorrow in Doha!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

The standoff follows exchanges of fire over the weekend that tested the June 17 interim accord between the United States and Iran. The 14-point pact allowed 60 days for the two sides to negotiate a permanent truce in the conflict that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and to resolve thorny issues........

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