With ceasefire clearly not working, will the talks between Iran & US be called off before July 4?
82% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 34 predictions cast.
Iran and the United States did not call off diplomatic talks before July 4, 2026. Indirect, technical-level negotiations continued in Doha, Qatar, mediated by Qatari and Pakistani officials, building on the 14-point memorandum of understanding the two countries signed June 17 to extend a ceasefire for a 60-day negotiating window. On July 1-2, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the talks were "going well," and Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Majed al-Ansari, said the Doha round had made "positive progress" on issues tied to the memorandum, particularly future administration of the Strait of Hormuz.
Rather than collapsing, the talks paused because Iran's negotiating team, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, left Doha to attend multi-day funeral observances in Iran running July 4 through July 9. Both sides indicated the next round would be scheduled once those observances concluded. Despite earlier friction — including a June 28 Iranian missile and drone strike on U.S. positions in Kuwait and Bahrain, and President Trump's warnings about ceasefire violations — negotiations remained active rather than terminated.
The community's 18 percent Yes vote correctly anticipated that talks would continue rather than be called off.