US President Donald Trump says US-Iran discussions in Qatar are going well, following indirect talks in Doha. According to multiple reports, Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters shortly after meetings there. He expressed optimism about “denuclearisation” efforts and said the parties are having “very good meetings,” while also indicating there is discussion of a lasting ceasefire. The accounts note that the talks described by Trump are not direct high-level negotiations with senior US officials present, since Iran has not participated in direct high-level sessions in Doha. Instead, other reporting cited in one source says the process involves indirect, lower-level technical discussions facilitated through mediators, with US and Iranian officials engaging via Qatar and other intermediaries rather than face-to-face at the top level. One report also links Trump’s comments to recent US military action involving strikes connected to activity in the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump suggesting Iran’s position has shifted afterward. Across the outlets, the common elements are Trump’s assessment of progress on the nuclear file, acknowledgement of ongoing ceasefire-related discussions, and the characterization of the talks as indirect rather than fully direct high-level negotiations.
Trump says US-Iran talks in Qatar are progressing well amid ceasefire discussions
US President Donald Trump says US-Iran discussions in Qatar are going well, following indirect talks in Doha. According to multiple reports, Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters shortly...
- Trump says indirect US-Iran talks in Doha, Qatar are progressing well.
- Trump expresses optimism that Iran’s denuclearisation is moving forward.
- The talks are described as indirect, with Iran not participating in direct high-level negotiations in Qatar.
- Trump also says discussions include a lasting ceasefire.
- One report links the diplomatic momentum to recent US strikes connected to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington DC [US], July 1: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the "denuclearisation" of Iran was going "well", expressing optimism about the diplomatic process with the Islamic Republic despite the absence of Iran from direct high-level negotiations involving senior US officials in Qatar. Speaking to reporters as he departs for North Dakota to visit the newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Trump said discussions on Iran's nuclear programme had progressed positively following recent military action on the Islamic Republic over strikes on transiting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. "As far as things are going, the denuclearisation of Iran is moving along well. They've had very good meetings, and we'll see. We hit them very hard for three nights. But we're getting along very well. So I call it denuclearisation. It's all taking place. It's all going well," Trump said. The US President also asserted that Iran had changed its position following the recent strikes.'US-Iran Nuclear Talks Progressing Well After Recent Strikes,' Says President Donald Trump | Video "They've come a long way. We hit them very hard last week. They're fine. We're going to get it. It's the denuclearisation of Iran," he said. Reiterating Washington's longstanding position on Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Trump said Iran would not be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon. "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Otherwise, all of this stuff that we look at, all of these things that we do, the country has never had activity like it's got right now," he said.Also Watch: Trump's remarks come even as Iranian officials have not participated in direct high-level talks with the United States in Doha, Qatar. According to CNN, US and Iranian officials are instead holding indirect, lower-level technical talks in Doha through Qatari and Pakistani mediators. CNN also reported, citing a diplomatic source familiar with the discussions, that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner met Qatar's Prime Minister in Doha on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for the indirect negotiations, though neither is participating in the talks themselves.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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