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Flags of the GCC, the U.S., Kuwait and Qatar at a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at The Ritz-Carlton Bahrain during Rubio's visit to the Middle East to discuss the interim deal between the U.S. and Iran with Arab Gulf allies, in Manama, Bahrain, June 25, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee/Pool
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Trump: US envoys enroute to Doha for ‘perhaps important’ Iran meeting

By Alex Milan Durie, Umut Uras and Enes Abuomer
Published On 1 Jul 2026

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  • Sources tell Al Jazeera that “technical level” talks are now under way in Qatar’s capital Doha but senior US-Iranian negotiators will not meet face to face.
  • A foreign ⁠container ship runs aground ⁠in the Strait of Hormuz after entering shallow waters outside ‌the shipping route “designated” by Iranian authorities.