Iran and the United States concluded ​a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on ‌issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago, reports Reuters.

Sources familiar with the discussions said negotiators for the two countries spent two days in Doha discussing maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and unfreezing Iran's funds, two critical issues under the initial agreement.

The next meeting will take place after funeral processions for ​Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is due to be buried on July 9, Qatar's Foreign Ministry said.

The Doha discussions ​produced "positive progress" on issues related to the memorandum that halted the war in June and were "building on the outcomes" of a summit in Switzerland, the ministry spokesperson said in a post on X.

In Washington, US President Donald Trump said the two sides were making progress ​on possible limits to Iran's nuclear programme — the main reason he launched the war along with Israel in February.

"The denuclearisation of Iran is moving along well," ​he told reporters. "They've had very good meetings, and we'll see."

But the sources said the nuclear programme did not come up in the talks, which were technical in nature.

US Vice President JD Vance said that matter would be addressed later.

"Obviously, we're worried about the nuclear issue; we’re going to start talking about that," he told reporters.

American and Iranian negotiators held ​separate meetings with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, Qatar's foreign ministry said.

Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and top US envoy Steve Witkoff, dispatched to the region for ​what the White House had billed as "high-level" talks, did not attend the sessions, according to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The leader of Iran's delegation, Deputy ‌Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, said the talks concluded. Neither side said whether they had managed to bridge any of their differences.

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