Turkey's spy chief says Vance and Iran's Rezaei will meet in Doha; Tehran denies it

Vice President JD Vance and Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei are scheduled to meet in Qatar next week, Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, according to Iran International, which cited Türkiye newspaper. @Nostre_damus told followers at 14:03 UTC on November 9 that the two would meet in Doha and that a "peace deal has been reached." Neither Kalin nor any official quoted in these reports said a deal had been reached.

Speaking at a conference in Ankara, Kalin said the planned Doha meeting could provide an important opportunity to advance negotiations between Washington and Tehran, and warned that failure to reach an agreement could lead to another US attack on Iran, Iran International reported. He said Turkey and other regional mediators were working on a seven-point agreement, with the main disagreement concerning which side should take the first step.

Tasnim, which is affiliated with the IRGC, quoted a senior Iranian security official denying any plans for the meeting. "Iran's policy and plans regarding negotiations have not changed, and until the American side takes practical action within the framework of the seven conditions, no plans for negotiations with the American side will be considered," the official said, according to Iran International.

Mehr News Agency also reported the denial and said reports by some Israeli media outlets that Iran had agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the release of $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets had been denied. TASS reported that Rezaei told Iranian state television he had read a letter sent to him by Vance but had not yet responded to it.

No US official has publicly confirmed a Doha meeting. Kalin said the main disagreement between Washington and Tehran is over which side acts first.