{"id":18823,"date":"2026-06-30T12:31:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18823"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:31:52","slug":"us-envoys-arrive-in-qatar-for-meetings-on-iran-amid-tensions-following-weekend-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18823","title":{"rendered":"US envoys arrive in Qatar for meetings on Iran amid tensions following weekend attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By JON GAMBRELL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an official said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18821\">Trump\u2019s fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November\u2019s elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The visit by Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s special Mideast envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, comes after a weekend of crossfire in the Persian Gulf over efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The envoys won\u2019t be having direct negotiations with Iranian diplomats while in Qatar\u2019s capital, Doha, said Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry. Instead, mediators are working for the time being as go-betweens for the talks, which won\u2019t include any high-level officials, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Such indirect negotiations have happened in the past between Iran and the U.S. However, the two previous rounds of talks collapsed into the 12-day war Israel launched against Iran in 2025 and the recent Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not expecting any high-level Iranian officials at the moment, but as I said, the technical meetings are ongoing \u2026 and they haven\u2019t stopped since then,\u201d al-Ansari told journalists at a weekly news conference.<\/p>\n<p>Iran was also sending a delegation to Qatar this week. Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Tuesday that Iran has had no plans for a meeting with the American side at any level in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat will take place in Doha tomorrow is a discussion with the Qatari side about implementing parts of the memorandum of understanding, including the release of Iran\u2019s blocked assets,\u201d Baghaei told journalists at his own briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18819\">A passenger jet reported hitting a drone approaching NY. A helicopter had a near miss hours later<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, that left open the possibility of messages being passed to the Qataris between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Iran agreed to an interim deal earlier this month that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of enriched uranium. It also waives U.S.-backed oil sanctions on the country, calls for free traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and gives each side 60 days to hammer out broader agreements.<\/p>\n<p>A fifth of the world\u2019s oil was shipped through the Strait of Hormuz before the war began Feb. 28. Iran\u2019s attacks and threats stopped cargo ships and tankers from moving through the strait, creating a global energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The strait has long been considered an international waterway despite being in Iran and Oman\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both sides traded strikes amid efforts last week to open Oman\u2019s territorial waters in the strait to both inbound and outbound ship traffic from the Persian Gulf. That raised concerns that negotiations to formally end the war could be disrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Iran twice attacked vessels in the strait \u2014 including a tanker filled with Qatari crude \u2014 and drew retaliatory American airstrikes. Iran also launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18817\">Charlie Kirk\u2019s parents and widow to attend key hearing for the man accused of his killing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar for meetings with mediators working to negotiate an end to the war with Iran after weekend attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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