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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Roth in Washington

Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes

A woman in a white headscarf crosses a street in front of a huge billboard featuring a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A billboard in Tehran features a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran is set to hold a multi-day mass funeral for the late supreme leader, amid heightened regional tensions. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Donald Trump has claimed that Iran has agreed to hold talks in Doha after the US and Tehran traded fire in the strait of Hormuz this weekend, threatening the collapse of a ceasefire meant to keep the strait open and pave the way for peace talks.

In a terse post on Truth Social, the US president claimed the meetings would take place in the Qatari capital, as US media reported that the two sides had agreed to halt strikes after tit-for-tat attacks that once again cut off shipping through the crucial waterway.

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