Trump announces talks in Doha, Tehran denies it: They may be important, maybe not

US President Donald Trump spoke cautiously, but optimistically, about the contacts expected to take place in Doha regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

While Washington speaks of planned talks, Tehran insists there is no meeting at the negotiating level in the coming days.

First through a post on the Truth Social platform and then speaking to reporters at the White House, Donald Trump referred to contacts that, he said, would take place on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.

“There will be a meeting about this tomorrow in Doha. They will go to Qatar, I think they have already left or are preparing to leave. We will see how it goes,” he said.

The American president described the talks as “perhaps important, perhaps not,” leaving open the possibility of their outcome.

Trump claimed that the United States has made significant progress in efforts to denuclearize Iran.

“I would say it has been almost won militarily,” he said, adding that Washington’s main goal remains that Tehran never acquires nuclear weapons.

In fact, he expressed the view that Iran has already agreed not to acquire nuclear capability.

At the same time, according to two US officials cited by CNN, US special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Doha.

It is still not known whether he is traveling with the American president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Meanwhile, a senior US official told CNN that technical talks on implementing the memorandum of understanding are continuing as normal, despite the recent exchange of fire in the area.

For its part, Iran continues to maintain that no negotiating meeting with the United States at any level has been planned in the coming days.

Tehran stresses that its priority remains the implementation of the provisions of the memorandum of understanding and not the opening of negotiations for a final agreement.

The divergence in public positions from Washington and Tehran creates uncertainty regarding the content and nature of the contacts expected to take place in Qatar.