Trump says Iran requested Doha meeting, Tehran denies direct talks.

President Donald Trump said a meeting between Iran and the United States will take place in Qatar on Tuesday, suggesting that diplomacy remains on track despite recent military skirmishes in the Gulf. However, Tehran has not confirmed negotiations in Doha.

Iran announced that it would send a delegation to Qatar on Tuesday for technical meetings, while stressing that there would be no direct negotiations with the other side. Tehran said it would send an expert delegation to the Qatari capital to follow up on the release of frozen Iranian funds. Washington and Tehran have both said they are sending teams to the Gulf state, but issued conflicting statements on most other details, including the timing and purpose of the trip.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will lead the U.S. negotiating team in Doha. Trump said the talks would take place in Qatar, while the White House said the envoys would travel there for high-level meetings.

The U.S. and Iran reached a deal to end the war earlier this month, starting a 60-day period of negotiations over the thorniest issues in the relationship — including Tehran’s nuclear programme. But the deal has been tested by Israel’s continuing attacks in Lebanon and Iran’s assertion of control over the Strait of Hormuz.