US-Iran nuclear negotiations are back on, with President Donald Trump confirming Monday that a new round of talks will take place Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, just hours after the previously scheduled Switzerland meeting fell apart.
"Iran requested a meeting," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It will take place tomorrow in Doha!"
The announcement comes after a turbulent 24 hours in which the planned Switzerland summit was cancelled following a renewed exchange of strikes between US and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. By late Sunday evening, Washington and Tehran had agreed to halt the mutual attacks and reschedule negotiations in Qatar, with Trump's post Monday morning confirming the new venue and timeline.
The diplomatic whiplash reflects the extreme fragility of the current framework. The MOU signed between the two countries remains deeply contested on both sides, with hardliners in Tehran calling it a surrender and critics in Washington warning it hands Iran a financial windfall with insufficient nuclear constraints.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian framed the moment very differently. Speaking Monday, he declared the existing agreement "an important achievement and a great victory for the Iranian people," claiming that the US and Israel had believed Iran would collapse under economic pressure and internal confusion. "The Iranian people thwarted those calculations," he said. "The people, the Iranian armed forces, and the government stood firmly to protect the country and did not allow the enemies to achieve their goals."
The shift from Switzerland to Qatar is itself significant. The Gulf state, whose role as intermediary has drawn sharp Republican criticism in Washington, including from Senator Rick Scott who called Qatar "not our friend," is now hosting the talks directly, deepening its centrality to the diplomatic process.
The Doha meeting will be the first direct engagement since the Hormuz strikes paused, with both sides under pressure to stabilize a deal that has already survived one near-collapse.
