President Donald Trump said Iran talks are being hosted today in Qatar, and his envoy Steve Witkoff is en route to the capital Doha, according to two US officials.
But Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said no talks are scheduled with the US at any level in the coming days, though an expert Iranian delegation will travel to Doha later this week.
Baghaei said Iran and the US have not yet entered the stage of negotiating a final agreement.
The inconsistency in messaging raises further doubts that negotiators can meet their 60-day deadline after the two sides traded attacks over the weekend, straining their already fragile ceasefire.
CNN’s Ellis Kim, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Aileen Graef, Dalia Abdelwahab and Casey Gannon contributed to this reporting.
