After an exchange of bombings and a new truce, Trump says Iran 'requested a meeting' on Tuesday; Tehran denies
USA and Iran reach agreement to cease attacks and resume dialogue
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this Monday (29) that Iran "requested a meeting" with his government, and it will take place on Tuesday (30) in Doha, Qatar.
"Iran requested a meeting. It will take place tomorrow in Doha!", said Trump in a statement entirely in caps lock on his social network Truth Social.
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The Iranian government, however, presented another version. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, said on Monday that there are no meetings planned for this week between representatives of the two countries to follow negotiations on the peace agreement reached at the beginning of the month.
Gharibabadi's speech, carried by the Iranian news agency Tasnim, came after the North American website Axios reported that the US and Iran planned to meet on Tuesday in Doha, according to a senior White House official.
On Sunday (28), Iran and the United States agreed to halt recent hostilities in the Gulf and resume negotiations on the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, reported the website Axios. The US military bombed Iranian targets on Friday and Saturday, and the attacks were retaliated by the Iranians against US targets in the Middle East. Read more below.
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
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New attacks after peace deal signing
A round of mediated talks, led by Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, was held in Switzerland a week ago, and Washington lifted sanctions against Tehran, but the fighting has resumed and intensified since then.
The apparent return to diplomacy between the US and Iran comes after several days of attacks and counterattacks, which began when an Iranian projectile hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday (25); Both the US and Iran have accused each other of violating a provisional ceasefire agreed on June 17.
Iran launches missiles at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain
Iran launched missiles and drones at US military installations in Kuwait and Bahrain on Sunday morning, shortly after President Donald Trump threatened to eliminate the Iranian leadership if they did not comply with the agreement to end the conflict.
"There may come a time when we will no longer be able to act with reasonableness and we will be forced to complete militarily the task we began so successfully. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will cease to exist!" Trump said on social media, before the Axios report was released.
Source: G1