Iran left the date of further talks with the United States open on Monday, following the latest military escalation in the Gulf.
A new round of talks would take place "as soon as the conditions are in place and agreement has been reached on the date and venue", said Deputy Foreign Minister Kasem Gharibabadi, according to the Iranian news agency ISNA.
"No technical working group meetings are scheduled for this week," he added, while noting that consultations would continue via intermediaries.
Trump floats new talks
On Monday afternoon however, US President Donald Trump said a meeting was planned for this Tuesday in the Qatari capital.
"IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA!," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
The US president did not provide any further details or state the aim of the talks. According to observers, the statements made by Iranian government representatives could also be a negotiating tactic.
On Sunday, Washington and Tehran had agreed to suspend their mutual attacks for now in the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz and to continue negotiations, according to US sources. "Both sides will refrain from taking further action for the time being," dpa learned from informed sources in Washington.
Ongoing dispute over Strait of Hormuz
In recent days, the US military has carried out renewed strikes on Iran following attacks on ships in the strait, which Washington had attributed to Tehran.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards, in turn, attacked targets in the US-allied Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain.
The trigger was differing interpretations of the framework agreement signed around two weeks ago to end the war - particularly regarding the provisions on the Strait of Hormuz, which is vital for global trade.
Iran claims control over shipping traffic in the strait. "The Strait of Hormuz will be returned to Iran's full administration within the next 30 days," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday.
He reiterated that responsibility for the strait lay solely with Iran - an interpretation that Washington considers at odds with international maritime law.
The strait, which is vital for global trade in oil and fertilizer, has proven to be a powerful lever for the Islamic Republic during the war.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister in Oman for talks
Earlier, Gharibabadi travelled to Oman for talks on the Strait of Hormuz. There, at the first gathering of a newly established committee, he met with the Omani diplomat Abdulasis Al Hinai, as Gharibabadi wrote on X.
No details of the talks with Al Hinai were initially disclosed. However, the Iranian diplomat wrote that the discussions centred on current issues surrounding the strait, as well as the future administration of the Strait of Hormuz and the sovereign rights of both coastal states.
Iran's president calls framework deal 'great victory'
At a meeting with a high-ranking cleric in the religious stronghold of Qom, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian defended the framework agreement signed with the US just under two weeks ago.
"This agreement represents a great victory for the people of Iran," said the moderate-conservative politician, according to a statement from his office.
Following the meeting with Grand Ayatollah Musa Shobeiri Sanjani, Pezeshkian cited the lifting of sanctions on the oil sector and the release of frozen assets as successes of the negotiations. A few days ago, leading Iranian clerics in Qom, the centre of Shia scholarship, had called for vigilance. The US remains Iran's main enemy, according to a statement.
