Witkoff, Kushner in Qatar but won’t meet with Iran directly Tuesday

Administration Witkoff, Kushner in Qatar but won’t meet with Iran directly Tuesday Comments: by Finya Swai - 06/30/26 10:22 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Finya Swai - 06/30/26 10:22 AM ET Comments: Link copied

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Special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet with Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday, a senior White House official confirmed to The Hill amid the ongoing discussions with Iran.

The meeting will include Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and will continue regional dialogue on the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with Tehran earlier this month.

U.S. and Iranian delegations are expected to participate in separate technical talks with mediators from Qatar and Pakistan tomorrow, the official added.

There are no plans for direct talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Doha.

“We’re not expecting any high-level Iranian officials at the moment, but as I said, the technical meetings are ongoing,” Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters, adding that Qatari mediators would be serving as intermediaries between the two sides.

President Trump on Monday, however, said Iran had “requested a meeting” that will take place on Tuesday in Doha.

But a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei, said Tehran had no plans to meet with U.S. officials. He did confirm that an expert Iranian delegation would travel to the Qatari capital later this week to discuss the implementation of the existing MOU.

The meetings come as Washington and Tehran attempt to preserve an agreement aimed at restoring commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and advancing negotiations on a broader peace deal, following a weekend exchange of retaliatory strikes between the U.S. and Iran that threatened to derail an already fragile ceasefire.

The 14-point agreement signed by Washington and Tehran laid out a path toward a broader peace agreement. Under the framework, the U.S. agreed to ease some economic restrictions on Iran and the release of frozen Iranian assets in exchange for Tehran’s guarantee of safe passage for commercial shipping through the strait. It also gives both parties 60 days to negotiate Iran’s nuclear program.

The U.S. and Iran will “resolve the disposition of stockpiled, enriched material,” as Tehran “reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons,” the MOU states.

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