ISLAMABAD: US-Iran talks are expected to resume in Islamabad on July 14 and 15, with Pakistan mediating the third technical round, government sources said Sunday.
Iranian and American technical experts are expected to attend the talks, which will focus on US sanctions, Iranian frozen assets and the Iranian nuclear file, according to Al Arabiya.
The report said Iran would decide the level of its delegation after the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Islamabad round would follow earlier technical talks held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, and Doha, Qatar.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said the Doha discussions produced “positive progress” on issues linked to a memorandum that halted the war in June.
Pakistan and Qatar said after the Doha meetings that mediators had held separate talks with US and Iranian negotiators and that diplomacy was progressing.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who led Tehran’s delegation in Doha, said negotiators agreed to establish a communication channel to record alleged violations of the memorandum.
Gharibabadi said the talks also covered frozen Iranian assets and reviewed the use of part of an initial $6 billion to buy goods needed by Iran.
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Washington and Tehran agreed in June to a Pakistan- and Qatar-brokered memorandum that included a 60-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The conflict began on February 28 after coordinated US-Israeli strikes on Iranian targets, killing more than 2,000 people and destabilising the wider region, the report said.
