U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are traveling to Doha for talks with Qatari mediators on the U.S.–Iran peace process, but there will be no high-level meeting between American and Iranian officials, Qatar’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said Doha continues to facilitate contacts between Washington and Tehran and is coordinating with neighboring Oman on maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz, where recent military clashes threatened a fragile U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding.
The clarification follows conflicting statements from Washington and Tehran over whether direct talks would take place after Trump said Iran had requested a meeting, while Iranian officials insisted no bilateral negotiations had been scheduled….