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US and Iran Agree on Channel to Report Violations After Doha Talks
Indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran concluded in Doha on July 1. Mediators reported positive progress and an agreement to create a channel for reporting violations of a June memorandum of understanding.
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Indirect talks between the United States and Iran concluded in Doha on July 1 with an agreement to establish a communications channel by July 2 for reporting and recording alleged violations of a June memorandum of understanding. Qatari and Pakistani mediators stated that separate meetings with the delegations produced positive progress.
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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who led Tehran's team, said the channel would address compliance issues under the 14-point deal that includes a 60-day ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Discussions also covered frozen Iranian assets. Officials reviewed the use of an initial $6 billion and agreed that goods needed by Iran would be purchased and made available. The negotiations focused on arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz, while the nuclear issue was slated for deeper discussion at a later date.
President Donald Trump stated on July 1 that the denuclearisation of Iran is moving along well. The next round of indirect talks is scheduled after the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at age 86 on February 28 at his compound in central Tehran. Power passed to his son Mojtaba.
The public funeral begins July 4 at the Grand Mosalla complex in Tehran, with burial set for July 9 at the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad. In the days before the talks, US Central Command attacked 10 Iranian military targets, citing continued aggression against commercial shipping. Iran responded with strikes on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, which both countries condemned.
Exchanges of fire had calmed ahead of the Doha meetings. On July 2 the Israeli military said it killed a Hezbollah operative at the Ali al-Taher Ridge near Nabatieh, Lebanon.
