Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes

A billboard in Tehran features a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran is set to hold a multi-day mass funeral for the late supreme leader, amid heightened regional tensions. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA View image in fullscreen A billboard in Tehran features a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran is set to hold a multi-day mass funeral for the late supreme leader, amid heightened regional tensions. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes US president posts that meeting will take place on Tuesday in Qatari capital after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz Iran is jealously competing with Oman as decision-maker over strait of Hormuz Donald Trump has claimed that Iran has agreed to hold talks in Doha after the US and Tehran traded fire in the strait of Hormuz this weekend, threatening the collapse of a ceasefire meant to keep the strait open and pave the way for peace talks. In a terse post on Truth Social, the US president claimed the meetings would take place in the Qatari capital, as US media reported that the two sides had agreed to halt strikes after tit-for-tat attacks that once again cut off shipping through the crucial waterway. Trump wrote: “IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA! President DJT.” But on Monday night, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said US officials’ trip to Doha had nothing to do with the Iranian delegation visiting the city, adding: “We have not yet entered the stage of negotiating a final agreement … Over the coming days, we will not have any negotiation meetings with the US side at any level.” Trump’s announcement came after Iran on Saturday targeted a cargo ship in the strait in a drone attack, leading US Central Command (Centcom) to launch retaliatory strikes against Iranian “military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities”. Fresh hostilities in Gulf suggest US-Iran memorandum was too broadly worded Read more Iran’s Islamic ⁠Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) then said on Sunday it ⁠had launched a joint missile and drone ⁠operation targeting ​eight US military ‌sites in ‌Kuwait and Bahrain. With the deal faltering, the White House stepped in to seek an off-ramp from the resuming hostilities, even as the specifics of who will hold control over the strait and whether Iran can charge fees for passage in the future remains unclear. Map of strait routes Agence France-Presse reported that commercial ships had virtually ceased using the Omani southern corridor through the strait after civilian ships were struck on Thursday and then again on Saturday. Iran has warned ships transiting through the waterway that they must receive approval from Tehran. Ships have continued travelling through the Iranian-approved northern corridor. The Omani foreign minister, Badr al-Busaidi, said on Monday that Oman was in discussi