US-Iran talks resume in Doha after Gulf strikes
Trump said Washington and Tehran were making progress as indirect technical talks began in Qatar under a June 17 framework.
Mateo Fernandez ·
President Donald Trump said the United States was “getting along well” with Iran as officials held indirect technical talks in Doha on Wednesday through Qatari and Pakistani mediators. Reaction pending. The talks are aimed at advancing a June 17 memorandum that paused the conflict and set a path toward a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Trump told reporters that Iran’s “denuclearisation” was progressing and said Tehran had “come a long way” in negotiations. Iranian officials pushed back on the idea of direct talks, saying working groups had been formed but that final-deal negotiations with Washington had not started.
Doha talks test June 17 truce
Officials said the discussions are lower-level and focused on the details of implementing the memorandum. The framework includes a 60-day ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a timetable for talks on a permanent settlement.
The talks follow renewed exchanges of fire in the Gulf. Iran targeted a commercial ship it said had left its approved route through the Strait of Hormuz; US forces later struck Iranian military targets, and Iran responded with attacks on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
For markets, the mechanism is direct: if the ceasefire holds and Hormuz remains open, energy risk premia should ease and regional assets may stabilise. If exchanges resume, oil-shipping risk, Gulf security costs and safe-haven demand could rise quickly.
The next clear marker is August 16, 60 days after the June 17 signing, when the ceasefire window becomes the practical test of whether technical talks can produce a final framework.