Trump on Iran: 'We're getting along very well, having very good meetings'
Trump says that a meeting between Iran and the USA will take place in Qatar this Tuesday (30)
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this Wednesday (1st) that the meetings with Iran have been "very good" and that representatives from Washington and Tehran are "getting along very well".
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On Monday (29), Trump said that the Iranian government "requested a meeting" with his government in Doha, Qatar, but the information was denied.
A White House official told the Reuters news agency that Trump "wants the peace plan to work" and that there will be a high-level conversation and another with a technical aspect in Qatar. According to this authority, Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff will participate in the negotiations.
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.
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New attacks after signing of peace agreement
A round of mediated negotiations, led by Vice President JD Vance and the President of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, was held in Switzerland a week ago, and Washington lifted sanctions against Tehran, but 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.
US and Iran reach agreement to cease attacks and resume dialogue
Iran launched missiles and drones against 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