Overview
- Mediated, indirect technical meetings in Doha concluded with Qatari and Pakistani officials calling the talks “positive” and saying further rounds will be arranged after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s public funeral ceremonies.
- Negotiators agreed to set up a formal communications channel to report and record alleged violations of the June interim memorandum and to continue technical work on implementation.
- Participants discussed partial use of frozen Iranian assets and reviewed using part of an initial $6 billion to buy and deliver goods Tehran needs, but no final asset‑release mechanism was agreed.
- The talks followed days in which U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged strikes in the Gulf, and Tehran reiterated it will not hold direct talks with U.S. negotiators in the coming days.
- The June 14‑point memorandum created a 60‑day technical window to pause hostilities, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin verification; today’s progress addressed procedures but left IAEA access, who controls Hormuz and the sequencing of sanctions relief unresolved.