Opening the Strait of Hormuz remains the main sticking point in US-Iran talks, Sky News Arabia reports. US is demanding that the Strait opens before any Iranian funds are released.

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Opening the Strait of Hormuz remains the main sticking point in US-Iran talks, Sky News Arabia reports. US is demanding that the Strait opens before any Iranian funds are released.

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Iranian Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi are meeting the Qatar PM in Doha, discussion primarily focussed on the Strait of Hormuz, highly enriched uranium and frozen funds

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Iranian Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi arrived in Doha "earlier today" for talks to end the US-Iran conflict, Fox's Yingst reports citing a source

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