President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran has requested a meeting with the United States, with talks set to take place on Tuesday.
“IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA! President DJT,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said earlier on Monday that Qatar is bound to release $6 billion of Tehran’s frozen assets as the U.S. and the Islamic Republic look to de-escalate the recent flare-up in the Gulf.
The fragile interim agreement between Tehran and Washington signed on June 17 was tested over the weekend when Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly struck a cargo vessel and a commercial tanker with one-way attack drones in separate incidents on Thursday and Saturday, prompting U.S. forces to launch retaliatory strikes on Iranian military sites. Iran then fired missiles and drones at U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain on Sunday.
