Iran Says No Follow-Up Talks With US Planned in Coming Days

Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, said on June 29 that Tehran has no plans to hold follow-up talks with the US in the coming days on a postwar agreement.

In remarks carried by Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, Baghaei said Iran's immediate priority is to ensure implementation of the memorandum's provisions. He added that Tehran is pressing its demands seriously in that regard.

He said Iran is monitoring implementation of several provisions in the memorandum, including oil sales and free access to the country's frozen assets. An Iranian expert delegation is due to travel to Doha, Qatar, this week, he added.

Asked about the start of negotiations on a final ceasefire agreement, Baghaei said Iran has not yet entered that stage. Under Article 13 of the memorandum, negotiations on a final agreement depend on the start and continued implementation of Articles 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11.

Baghaei also denied media reports that a senior US delegation would visit Doha at the same time as the Iranian expert team. Iran will not hold talks with the US at any level in the coming days, he said.

The US delegation's visit to Qatar is entirely unrelated to the Iranian delegation's trip, he added. The Iranian team is traveling to review implementation of the memorandum's provisions, including Article 11.

Earlier, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi also denied US media reports that working-level talks with Washington were scheduled for this week.

However, US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social on June 29 that Iran had requested talks and that a meeting would be held in Doha on June 30.

Ko Jung-sam, Hankyung.com reporter, jsk@hankyung.com