{"id":2627572,"date":"2026-07-09T20:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-iran-technical-talks-ongoing-despite-tit-for-tat-strikes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:34:24","slug":"us-iran-technical-talks-ongoing-despite-tit-for-tat-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-iran-technical-talks-ongoing-despite-tit-for-tat-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran &#8216;technical talks&#8217; ongoing despite tit-for-tat strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-iran-technical-talks-ongoing-despite-tit-for-tat-strikes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2627572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States continues diplomatic negotiations with Iran, despite President Donald Trump declaring the ceasefire &#8220;over&#8221; during the NATO summit. The ongoing talks are described as &#8220;technical&#8221; and involve mediators from Gulf states such as Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and saudi Arabia, attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-response-to-putin-debate-challenge-shows-weakness-white-house-continues-to-deflect-amid-ramped-up-rhetoric-from-china-nk-and-russia\/\" title=\"Biden response to Putin debate challenge shows weakness, White House continues to deflect amid ramped up rhetoric from China, NK and Russia\">de-escalate tensions<\/a> and restore the June 17 memorandum of understanding. Trump criticized Iranian leaders, expressing frustration over their negotiation conduct and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent rocket attacks<\/a> on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, which prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes targeting around 90 sites,including Kharg island. He stated that the ceasefire is effectively over and indicated that negotiations might be futile.Amid these tensions, Iran and the U.S.exchanged military strikes, with Iran attacking ships and the U.S. responding with targeted airstrikes, highlighting the fragile state of regional security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States is continuing diplomatic talks with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, despite President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump <\/a>saying the ceasefire was \u201cover\u201d during the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"603\">NATO<\/a> summit this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. is engaging in \u201ctechnical talks\u201d with the Iranian regime, according to various media reports.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4642479\/which-nato-countries-meeting-defense-spending-commitment-gdp\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The NATO countries that are and aren\u2019t meeting their defense commitments<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4642132\/no-more-rainbows-butterflies-trump-iran-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>No more \u2018rainbows and butterflies\u2019 between Trump and Iran: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4641673\/trump-troop-withdrawals-europe-greenland-deal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump threatens troop withdrawals if \u2018very good deal\u2019 on Greenland isn\u2019t struck<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States is still committed to finding a resolution, and technical talks continue. Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon,\u201d a U.S. official <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-us-iran-war-strikes-strait-hormuz-july-9\">told<\/a> Fox News, with other outlets reporting the same statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gulf states that have been mediating talks between the U.S. and Iran are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-revives-catch-and-release-to-avoid-housing-illegal-immigrants-amid-border-surge\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Revives \u2018Catch-And-Release\u2019 To Avoid Housing Illegal Immigrants Amid Border Surge\">reportedly working<\/a> behind the scenes to put the pieces of the memorandum of understanding from June 17 back together, with officials from Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia working to lower the tensions on both sides,<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/09\/us-iran-nuclear-deal-mediators-qatar-pakistan\"> according to<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/4640022\/trump-excoriates-nato-calls-iranians-lying-scum-declares-mou-over\/\">lambasted the Iranian leaders<\/a>, ranting about how difficult their team has been to negotiate with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re sick. There\u2019s something wrong with them,\u201d Trump said during an event at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. \u201cWe said, \u2018You should go and do your funeral stuff,\u2019 and instead of that they start shooting rockets at ships yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, it\u2019s over,\u201d Trump said of the ceasefire agreement. \u201cI\u2019ll speak to our negotiators. They want to negotiate. They\u2019re good people \u2014\u00a0Steve Witkoff,\u00a0Jared Kushner \u2014\u00a0but they have to come back to me, and as far as I\u2019m concerned, it\u2019s just a waste of time dealing with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4640520\/trump-options-iran-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-over-us-strikes\/\">WHAT ARE TRUMP\u2019S OPTIONS NOW THAT HE\u2019S SAID THE CEASEFIRE IS OVER?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the summit, Iran and the U.S. traded strikes back and forth. Iran attacked ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and claimed to target U.S. assets in the region. The U.S. responded by striking around 90 targets Wednesday evening, and Trump said they hit Kharg Island the night before.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe attacked Kharg Island last night, knocked out a piece,\u201d Trump said Wednesday. \u201cI said, \u2018Don\u2019t touch the oil, because maybe we\u2019ll take over Kharg Island.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Engages in Talks with Iran Despite Trump\u2019s Ceasefire Claim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2970,"featured_media":2627573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-fey6pzvsy-1777133329335-e1777133436415.jpg?1777119019&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,32402,32726,82514,28997],"class_list":["post-2627572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-international-relations","tag-middle-east","tag-technical-talks","tag-us-iran"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-fey6pzvsy-1777133329335-e1777133436415.jpg?1777119019&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627576,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627572\/revisions\/2627576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}