US-Iran Doha talks ended without clear progress toward a lasting peace deal, after negotiators focused on Strait of Hormuz shipping and frozen Iranian funds, sources familiar with the discussions said.
The talks took place over two days in Doha, Qatar, with American and Iranian teams holding separate meetings through Qatari and Pakistani mediators.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said the next meeting would take place after funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is due to be buried on July 9.
The ministry said the Doha round made “positive progress” on issues linked to the memorandum that halted the June war.
In Washington, United States President Donald Trump told reporters that talks on possible limits to Iran’s nuclear programme were moving well.
Sources familiar with the talks said the nuclear programme did not come up because the Doha meetings were technical.
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Iran’s delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi. Jared Kushner and United States envoy Steve Witkoff did not attend the sessions.
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The Strait of Hormuz remains the key dispute after traffic partially resumed through the waterway, which handled about one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade before the war.
Two senior Iranian sources said Tehran wanted international recognition of its control over the strait and planned to assess tolls after a toll-free period expires in mid-August. Oil prices fell after Trump played down the risk of a return to all-out war with Iran.
