Next US-Iran talks expected after Khamenei's funeral - Pakistani foreign ministry

PAKISTAN announced on Thursday that positive progress has been made regarding the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States, with the next meeting to be scheduled at the earliest possible time after the funeral ceremonies of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

According to an announcement issued by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, Qatari and Pakistani mediators had concluded separate meetings with U.S. and Iranian negotiators in Doha.

A source said that the indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran in Doha on Wednesday focused on implementing the MoU reached in Islamabad on June 17, including issues related to frozen Iranian assets and maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz.

The parties agreed to continue discussions in the coming period, with the next meeting to be scheduled at the earliest possible time following the funeral ceremonies of Ali Khamenei, the Pakistani statement said.

A funeral ceremony will be held in Tehran on Friday for Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S. and Israeli strike in Tehran on Feb 28, with the presence of foreign leaders, officials, and religious figures to pay tribute to the late leader.

There will be a series of farewell ceremonies and funeral processions, and the late Supreme Leader will be laid to rest in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on July 9, according to Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian, Iran's deputy interior minister and head of the funeral organizing headquarters.