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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner meet with a Ukrainian delegation in Hallandale Beach, Florida, US, November 30, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Eva Marie Uzcategui) US Secretary of State  Marco Rubio  and US Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on Monday held their first congressional briefing since the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) earlier this month.  According to a Politico report citing two people familiar with the matter, Witkoff and Rubio repeatedly assured lawmakers that the administration’s goal is to negotiate a final deal that would prohibit Iran from keeping its stockpile of  highly enriched uranium , said the report. The signing of the MoU, according to the officials, outlined a 60-day period during which talks aimed at reaching a final deal will be held.  Witkoff told lawmakers that the technical team involved in those negotiati...

  IRAN'S DELEGATION including Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi (C) and Speaker of the Islamic Parliament of Iran, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf (3rdR) arrive for a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar. (photo credit: URS FLUEELER / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) The United States and Iran will meet today in Doha, US President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social, despite setbacks in the ongoing  peace negotiations  since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding earlier this month. The resumption of the negotiations comes after last week's  technical talks in Switzerland  between senior officials from both sides, which Qatari and Pakistani mediators described as a "positive and constructive atmosphere." Since then, however, the US has  struck Iran  several times, and Iranian drones have attacked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides claiming to be responding to ceasefire ...

Iran will fulfill the commitments it made during US-Iran negotiations “if the American side adheres to the agreement, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a post on X/Twitter on Monday.  تفاهم امری طرفینی است. اگر طرف آمریکایی به تفاهم نامه پایبند باشد ما هم به تعهداتمان عمل می‌کنیم. رویکرد ما در مقابل رجزخوانی‌های نامعقول و تهدیدهای بی‌پشتوانه، تکیه بر عقلانیت و کرامت انسانی در تصمیم‌گیری‌ها و دفاع قاطع و بی‌پروا به هنگام عمل است. — Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian)  June 29, 2026 “Our approach to unreasonable saber-rattling and baseless threats is to rely on rationality and human dignity in decision-making, and to defend decisively and fearlessly when it comes time to act,” he said in the post.

Qatar advised on Monday the temporary suspension of sailing and fishing boats until further notice, but said commercial shipping and vessels subject to international conventions were exempt. The transport ministry said the precautionary measure includes jet skis and all other maritime vessels. A spokesperson said commercial shipping was exempted. The ministry did not give a reason for the measure, but it comes a day after Qatar said one of its nationals was killed after sustaining injuries from shrapnel due to "military operations in the region" after his vessel went missing.

No talks between Iran and the United States are scheduled in the coming days, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a statement on Monday, adding that an Iranian technical delegation will visit Qatar this week, but has no relation to US officials visiting the country. Tehran has not started negotiations for a final deal as these require the implementation of certain points of the MoU, which is Iran's priority currently, Baghaei added.

The removal of mines from the Strait of Hormuz is to be carried out solely by Iran according to the Islamabad MoU between Tehran and Washington, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a post on X on Monday, in response to French President Macron's comments on the subject. Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France and Oman are working together to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East and will cooperate with their partners on clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz. The situation is sensitive and complex; we strongly advise France not to complicate it further with its provocations, Gharibabadi added.