US says Trump envoys Kushner and Witkoff will travel for Iran meeting in Doha

The United States said a high-level meeting on Iran would be held in ‌Doha on Tuesday with President Donald Trump's top envoys Steve Witkoff ‌and Jared Kushner attending while technical talks would also continue on the sidelines, Report informs via Reuters.

In a social media ​post on Monday, Trump said that Iran had requested a meeting and that it would take place in the Qatari capital without giving any details.

Moments later, Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News that Witkoff and Kushner would attend ‌the talks.

"Special Envoy Witkoff and ⁠Jared Kushner will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week, as we continue to discuss the memorandum of ⁠understanding. On the sidelines of those high-level talks, will be the technical talks," she said.

"As far as we're concerned, we're holding up our end of the ceasefire. ​Violence will ​be met with violence," Leavitt added.

The ​US and Iran signed a 14-point ‌memorandum of understanding aimed at ending four months of conflict on June 17, under which both sides agreed to cease hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas typically transits.