JERUSALEM — The United States and Iran will hold new talks on Tuesday in Qatar, President Donald Trump said Monday, after the two sides appeared to step back from a wave of attacks that threatened to derail peace efforts.Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscriptionGet exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.“IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING.IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.There was no immediate reaction from Tehran.
Hours earlier, a senior Iranian official denied any technical discussions were scheduled to take place.Technical teams working on the implementation of the initial agreement between the two sides are scheduled to meet in Doha in the coming days, a source with knowledge of the talks told NBC News.Communications channels created to de-escalate any incidents are in place and technical talks are set to continue, the source added.This follows a series of escalating reciprocal strikes over the weekend that threatened to unravel efforts to secure a permanent end to the war.The clashes were sparked by efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without Iranian oversight, which drew angry warnings and attacks from Tehran as it fights to maintain its grip on the crucial waterway.
Days of public dispute over the terms of the deal — both around the future of the key trade route and the unfreezing of billions in Iranian assets — escalated into new military attacks after Iran attacked ships transiting the strait.Bahrain and Kuwait came under Iranian attacks early Sunday, hours after the U.S.military said it had hit multiple targets across Iran in response to “continued aggression” against commercial shipping.Tehran threatened a “complete halt” to negotiations if Washington continued its attacks.Trump warned in a Truth Social post Saturday that “there may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started....