Iran Establishes Communication Channel With Washington After Indirect Talks in Qatar

Iran said it will establish a “communication channel” with Washington to report breaches of the memorandum of understanding, after indirect technical talks in Qatar on Wednesday.

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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said part of the $6bn in frozen Iranian assets would be used to buy goods that Tehran requires, and he said “It was agreed that, based on the needs communicated by our country, the required goods would be purchased and made available to Iran.”

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Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said mediators from Qatar and Pakistan held separate meetings in Doha with US and Iranian negotiators and reported “positive progress” tied to the MoU.

The talks in Doha were aimed at advancing negotiations to ease tensions after recent exchanges of fire, with the MoU including a 60-day ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a timeframe for a final deal to permanently end the war and reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.

Qatar announced the end of indirect negotiations between Iranian and American mediators in Doha, with Majed al-Ansari saying the parties agreed to continue consultations and to discuss and exchange views on remaining issues.

Kazem Gharibabadi told reporters that “It was decided that the Monitoring Group's immediate liaison channel would be established by tomorrow,” and that breaches of the memorandum of understanding would be officially and in a documented manner communicated and discussed.

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Vice President JD Vance said he could not guarantee Washington would not return to combat before next month’s MoU deadline, telling reporters, “I can’t commit to anything, because, obviously, it depends on what the Iranians are ultimately going to do.”

Vance also said “If they try to rebuild their nuclear program, if they try to start shooting at commercial vessels again, that's going to change our calculus,” while adding that the president had empowered the negotiating track to “Go and make a deal, go and negotiate in good faith.”

The Doha technical sessions focused on the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and securing the ceasefire amid breaches since the MoU was signed last month, with traffic through the Strait of Hormuz partially resumed.

“Tehran says it will establish a “communication channel” with Washington to report breaches of the memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed between them two weeks ago, to end the US-Israel war on Iran”

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CNN reported that at least 35 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, and it said a total of 20 ships entered the Persian Gulf and an additional 15 ships left the gulf.

CNN also said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened an “immediate powerful response” by Iran to any Israeli attack, after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was “marked for death.”

The MoU’s implementation timeline and monitoring mechanisms were tied to the next meeting being scheduled “at the earliest possible time” after funeral processions for Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from July 4 through July 9 in locations across Iran and Iraq.