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Iran live updates: US-Iran direct meeting not expected Tuesday, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson says

The U.S. and Iran agreed on Sunday to halt their attacks, a U.S. official said.

Last Updated: June 30, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

The U.S. and Iran again traded aerial strikes over the weekend, a back-and-forth that followed an Iranian attack on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington said. The U.S. and Iran agreed on Sunday to stop those attacks and allow tankers to move freely through the strait, a U.S. official told ABC News.

Delegations from the United States and Iran entered negotiations this month aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

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Iran says no meetings are scheduled with US officials for coming days

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmael Baqaei said on Tuesday that no meeting with U.S. officials had been scheduled “at any level” in the coming days, pushing back on suggestions that talks could take place in Doha, Qatar, with negotiators from both sides in the city.

"What will take place in Doha tomorrow is a discussion regarding the implementation of certain provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding, including the release of Iran’s frozen assets,” he said. “These talks are being held with the Qatari side.”

On Lebanon, Baqaei said the U.S.'s commitment to ending the war "on all fronts" including Lebanon is binding under the MOU, and that Iran will judge U.S. compliance solely by the text of that agreement, regardless of any separate arrangements.

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Witkoff, Kushner not expected to hold direct meeting with Iranian officials, Qatar says

The White House's high-level negotiators, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, are in Doha, where they are not expected to engage in direct meetings with Iranian officials on Tuesday, Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman said at a news conference.

The sun sets behind the Doha skyline on June 29, 2026.
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The pair will meet with mediators and discuss the progress of negotiations, the spokesperson said.

-ABC News’ Joe Simonetti

Jun 29, 2026, 4:25 PM EDT

Trump says team headed to Doha

President Donald Trump said on Monday that a U.S. team was heading to Doha, Qatar, amid reports from Iranian state media claiming that there would be no negotiations between U.S. and Iranian teams there.

Trump indicated the team was heading to Doha to discuss Iran's nuclear program during the meeting on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs an executive order on vehicle repairs in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, June 29, 2026.
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"I think they've already left, or they're just about getting ready to leave. So we'll see how that goes," Trump said while taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office. "But the meeting in Doha is going to be, perhaps important, perhaps not, we're gonna find out."

The president then said the war was "almost won militarily."

"It's really very simple. It's the denuclearization of Iran. We don't want them to have a nuclear weapon and they're not gonna have a nuclear weapon," Trump said.

-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr

Jun 29, 2026, 10:47 AM EDT

Rubio, Witkoff to brief Congress by phone on Iran: Sources

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will brief Congress on Iran during a 4 p.m. ET conference call on Monday, according to multiple sources.

The unclassified phone briefing will be for all House and Senate members, sources said.

This is the first member-wide briefing since President Donald Trump signed the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran.

Sources said a separate, classified briefing is expected later this week for members on relevant committees.

The House is in session this week with first votes Monday night. The Senate is on a two-week July 4 recess.

-ABC News’ Jay O’Brien and Lauren Peller

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