US Envoy To Iran, Qatari Foreign Minister Talk On Nuclear Deal In Doha

US Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley met with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Tuesday.

The meeting focused on "the strong partnership and our joint diplomatic efforts to address issues with Iran," the US embassy in the Qatari capital said on Twitter.

The meeting is part of the indirect talks between the US and Iran that Doha is hosting.

The talks, which are being mediated by the EU, aim to close the remaining gaps in efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal.

Meanwhile, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri has arrived in Doha for the indirect talks, according to Iranian local media.

Iran and the EU agreed recently to break a three-month deadlock in the Vienna nuclear talks, following EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell's meetings in Tehran with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkani.

Last month, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Tehran and held wide-ranging talks with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, including nuclear deal negotiations.

The visit fueled speculation about the Qatari ruler's mediation efforts to break the stalemate in the Vienna talks and unfreeze Iran's frozen assets abroad.

The key disagreements between Iran and the US that have led to the stalemate include the de-listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-linked organizations and guarantees that the future US administration will not walk out of the deal again.

Former US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the landmark deal in May 2018, which was followed by the reinstatement of sanctions on Iran under the "maximum pressure" campaign. -