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US envoy Witkoff and Kushner will be in Qatar, no meeting with Iran, Qatari official says

June 30, 2026 6:48 AM

DOHA, June ‌30 (Reuters) - ​U.S. ​envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald ‌Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner ⁠will be in Doha ‌to meet Qatari mediators ‌to discuss U.S.-Iran negotiations, Qatar's foreign ministry ​spokesperson said on Tuesday.

• There will not ⁠be a high-level meeting between ​Washington and Tehran, Majed Al Ansari told a ​media briefing.

• Qatar ‌has not transferred $6 billion of Iranian ⁠frozen funds to Tehran, he added.

• Doha ⁠has been coordinating with Oman, which ​sits on the western coast of the Strait of ‌Hormuz, on the safe passage for vessels.

(Reporting ‌by Andrew Mills ⁠in Doha ‌and Tala ​Ramadan in Dubai; Editing by Sharon ‌Singleton)

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