Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an adviser to the Iranian negotiating team, pushed back on President Trump's assertion that Tehran requested a meeting in Doha, stating instead that the request came from the Trump administration. Marandi added that Iran will not send any delegation to the Doha meeting, according to his remarks published Tuesday.
A senior Iranian adviser denied President Trump's claim that Tehran requested a meeting in Doha, in the latest round of conflicting public signals over U.S.-Iran diplomatic contacts. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an adviser to Iran's negotiating team, said the Trump administration was the one that sought the meeting, and that Iran will not send a delegation. The denial follows a pattern of statements from Iranian officials rejecting American characterizations of the state of nuclear diplomacy. As The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is en route to Doha for talks, while Iran has maintained that its expert delegation in Qatar is only handling implementation of a memorandum of understanding and will not meet with American representatives. Marandi's latest remarks align with earlier Iranian denials, which his own June 11 statement and the Foreign Ministry's June 29 rejection of upcoming U.S. talks. The two sides remain at an impasse over what exactly has been agreed or scheduled between them.
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