{"id":1591,"date":"2026-06-30T02:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/06\/30\/trump-says-iran-requested-doha-meeting-as-tehran-denies-direct-us-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T02:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:01:10","slug":"trump-says-iran-requested-doha-meeting-as-tehran-denies-direct-us-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran requested Doha meeting as Tehran denies direct US talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-tms-ad-status=\"idle\" data-tms-ad-container class=\"o-ad-container o-ad-container--banner-top o-ad-container--with-shimmer o-ad-container--with-background\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__content o-ad-container__content--report-enabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__label m-block-ad__label--report-enabled\">\n                    <span class=\"o-ad-container__label__text\">Advertising<\/span><br \/>\n                                            <button title=\"Report this ad\" class=\"o-ad-container__content__report-link\" data-tms-ad-report><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-ad-sponsoring\" data-tms-ad-type=\"sponsoring\" data-tms-ad-status=\"disabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-sponsoring__wrapper\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content t-content--article\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__above-sidebar\">\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Trump says Iran requested Doha meeting as Tehran denies direct US talks<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">\n                                        US President Donald Trump said on Monday Iran had requested a meeting in Doha on Tuesday, despite Tehran denying direct negotiations with Washington. Trump said the talks would occur in Qatar, while the White House said US envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner would travel there for high-level meetings.                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<div class=\"t-content__metadata\">\n<div class=\"t-content__dates\">\n<p class=\"m-pub-dates\"><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Issued on: <time datetime=\"2026-06-29T23:46:13+00:00\">30\/06\/2026 &#8211; 01:46<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-reading-time\">\n    <span class=\"a-reading-time__icon\" title=\"Reading time\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/span><br \/>\n    4 min    <span class=\"u-sr-only\">Reading time<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-share-button\" data-root-share>\n<p>                            <span class=\"a-master-button__label\">Share<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                By:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/france-24\/\" title=\"FRANCE 24\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                FRANCE 24<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\">\n<figure class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9 m-item-image--has-caption\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/599ae99a-73f8-11f1-8341-005056a90284\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/01d7d56829d4a4b87d04e643984a32cfd5ae3ebf.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/599ae99a-73f8-11f1-8341-005056a90284\/w:388\/p:16x9\/01d7d56829d4a4b87d04e643984a32cfd5ae3ebf.jpg 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/599ae99a-73f8-11f1-8341-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/01d7d56829d4a4b87d04e643984a32cfd5ae3ebf.jpg 720w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/599ae99a-73f8-11f1-8341-005056a90284\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/01d7d56829d4a4b87d04e643984a32cfd5ae3ebf.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1012px\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, June 29, 2026, in Washington.\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"a-img \"><figcaption class=\"a-figcaption\">\n                US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, June 29, 2026, in Washington        \u00a9 SAUL LOEB, AFP    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<p>US President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> said\u00a0Iran\u00a0has requested a meeting that will be held Tuesday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/qatar\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Qatar<\/a>, despite Tehran denying any direct negotiations were planned with Washington on the deal aimed at ending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Middle East<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after\u00a0Iran\u00a0held its first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/talks\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">talks<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/oman\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Oman<\/a> on managing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> since the US-Iran\u00a0deal was signed, and as Washington and Tehran agreed to halt their attacks, which had strained the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;IRAN\u00a0HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA!&#8221; Trump posted Monday on his Truth Social platform, without specifying the participants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">White House<\/a> spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt later told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Fox News<\/a> that US envoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/steve-witkoff\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Steve Witkoff<\/a> and Trump&#8217;s adviser and son-in-law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/jared-kushner\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Jared Kushner<\/a> &#8220;will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Monday said a delegation of the country&#8217;s own experts would travel to Doha this week, but staunchly denied any sit-down with the Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have not yet entered the stage of negotiating a final agreement,&#8221; he said, noting that &#8220;over the coming days, we will not have any negotiation meetings with the US side at any level&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-em-video\">\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9\" data-media-video-wbmz563030-f24-en-20260630 data-show-hidden-video-player=\"WBMZ563030-F24-EN-20260630\" data-wrapper-video-player data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices                <\/p>\n<p><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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We strongly advise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">France<\/a> not to complicate it further with its provocations,&#8221; Gharibabadi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic slowed over the weekend after a vessel was struck while transiting the waterway, with 29 commodity vessels crossing Saturday and 12 transiting Sunday, according to data from maritime tracking firm Kpler.<\/p>\n<p>No vessels used a southern corridor through Omani waters according to data from Kpler, while another tracker, AXSMarine, found that 44 vessels had stopped publicly transmitting their position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a-read-more\"><span class=\"a-read-more__label\">Read more<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260628-iran-threatens-to-halt-talks-after-fresh-us-strikes-attacks-bahrain-and-kuwait\" target=\"_self\" class=\"a-read-more__link\">Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait, threatens to halt talks after fresh US strikes<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Hegemonic dreams&#8217;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The published text of the US-Iran\u00a0memorandum of understanding, announced this month, says\u00a0Iran\u00a0will define the future administration of the strait in dialogue with Oman and the other Gulf States, but &#8220;in line&#8221; with international law.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards said they were taking measures to control traffic in the strait and that vessels violating those measures would be dealt with more firmly than before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/mohammad-mokhber\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Mohammad Mokhber<\/a>, adviser to\u00a0Iran&#8217;s supreme leader, wrote on X that as long as\u00a0Iran\u00a0managed the strait, Washington&#8217;s &#8220;hegemonic dreams in the region will not be realised&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Experts said there would likely be more Hormuz incidents.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0Iran, &#8220;a drawn-out negotiation accompanied by controlled pressure in the strait can work to its advantage&#8221;, said H.A. Hellyer of the Royal United Services Institute, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">London<\/a> think tank.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices, which last week fell to pre-war levels, rose modestly on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"a-read-more\"><span class=\"a-read-more__label\">Read more<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260627-netanyahu-hails-lebanon-deal-as-hezbollah-rejects-agreement\" target=\"_self\" class=\"a-read-more__link\">Netanyahu hails Lebanon deal as Hezbollah rejects agreement<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Israel strikes<\/h2>\n<p>Lebanese state media on Monday said an Israeli strike hit the country&#8217;s south, the stronghold of\u00a0Iran-backed militant group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/hezbollah\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Hezbollah<\/a>, despite a framework accord signed by the two countries last week aimed at securing a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/lebanon\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Lebanon<\/a> into the Middle East war in March with rocket fire at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Israel<\/a>, triggering Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Washington-brokered deal, Hezbollah is to be disarmed, with the onus for doing so on the Lebanese army. Israeli leaders have said their troops will continue to occupy the south until then.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Iran-backed militant group has fiercely opposed the agreement.<\/p>\n<p><em>(FRANCE 24 with AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"o-sidebar__aside\">\n<div data-tms-ad-status=\"idle\" data-tms-ad-container class=\"o-ad-container o-ad-container--box o-ad-container--with-shimmer\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__content o-ad-container__content--report-enabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__label m-block-ad__label--report-enabled\">\n                    <span class=\"o-ad-container__label__text\">Advertising<\/span><br \/>\n                                            <button title=\"Report this ad\" class=\"o-ad-container__content__report-link\" data-tms-ad-report><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__tags t-content__below-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"m-section-title m-section-title--small\">Keywords for this article<\/div>\n<ul class=\"m-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/iran-conflict\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Iran war\">    Iran war<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Donald Trump\">    Donald Trump<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/qatar\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Qatar\">    Qatar<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Strait of Hormuz\">    Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/oman\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Oman\">    Oman<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/us-military\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"US military\">    US military<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/lebanon\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Lebanon\">    Lebanon<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/israel\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Israel\">    Israel<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advertising Trump says Iran requested Doha meeting as Tehran denies direct US talks Middle East&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}