{"id":128583,"date":"2026-07-02T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=128583"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:47:40","slug":"mediators-say-positive-progress-made-in-us-iran-talks-in-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/128583\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediators say &#8216;positive progress&#8217; made in US-Iran talks in Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doha(National Times)- The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that Qatari and Pakistani mediators had concluded separate meetings with negotiators from the United States and Iran in Doha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on X, it said that \u201cpositive progress\u201d was made on issues related to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2008730\">Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)<\/a>&nbsp;between the two sides, building on the talks held in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2009504\">Switzerland&nbsp;<\/a>earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cParties have agreed to continue discussions over the coming period, with the next meeting to be set at the earliest possible time following the funeral processions of the former Iranian supreme leader,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran, is due to be buried on July 9,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same statement was also posted by Qatar\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson hours earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources familiar with the discussions said negotiators for the two countries spent two days in Doha discussing maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and unfreezing Iran\u2019s funds, two critical issues under the initial agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Washington, US President Donald Trump said the two sides were making progress on possible limits to Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, the main reason he launched the war along with Israel in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe denuclearisation of Iran is moving along well,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cThey\u2019ve had very good meetings, and we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the sources said the nuclear programme did not come up in the talks, which were technical in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Vice President JD Vance said that the matter would be addressed later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cObviously, we\u2019re worried about the nuclear issue, we\u2019re going to start talking about that,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Ghari\u00adbabadi said the participants agreed that \u201ca communication channel would be established by tomorrow\u201d to report and record violations of the MoU,&nbsp;<em>IRNA<\/em>&nbsp;quoted Gharibabadi as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gharibabadi said that Tehran would use some of its frozen assets in Qatar to purchase goods needed by the country following talks in Doha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the meetings with Qatari officials, incl\u00adu\u00adding the Central Bank, a number of issues related to the expenditure of part of the initial six billion dolla\u00adrs were reviewed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US-Iran MoU, brokered by Qatar and Pakistan, culminated in a summit last month in Lucerne, Switzerland. It includes a 60-day ceasefire pausing the war, the reopening of the blockaded Strait of Hormuz and a timeframe for a final deal to permanently end the conflict and reach an agreement on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doha(National Times)- The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that Qatari and Pakistani mediators had concluded separate meetings with negotiators from the United States and Iran in Doha. 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