US-Iran talks in doubt as Trump, Tehran offer conflicting claims
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: President Donald Trump said Monday on social media that Iran had requested a meeting with U.S.
- Trump said the meeting with Iran would happen on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.
- Oil prices fell sharply after the signing of the interim deal, but if they were to reverse course in a meaningful way it could undermine Trump’s claims to voters ahead of November elections that inflation was easing.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: President Donald Trump said Monday on social media that Iran had requested a meeting with U.S. counterparts, though one of Iran’s top negotiators said no further talks had been scheduled after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged negotiations to end the war.
The U.S. president has tried to preserve an increasingly fragile interim deal as hostilities have mounted in recent days in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil had been shipped before war began.
Trump said the meeting with Iran would happen on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. But Kazem Gharibabadi, a senior negotiator for Iran, denied any talks had been scheduled.