ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – The Iranian foreign ministry on Monday denied reports of a possible meeting with the US in Doha in the next 24 hours, while noting that an expert delegation will travel to the Qatari capital later this week to pursue the release of Iranian assets.

Earlier on Monday, US President Donald Trump claimed that the Americans and the Iranians would hold a meeting in Doha “tomorrow” at Tehran’s request.

Soon after, the Iranian foreign ministry denied the reports of a possible meeting between US and Iranian officials.

“We will not have any negotiation meetings at any level with the US side in the coming days,” foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said as cited by state broadcaster IRIB.

The US negotiating team’s Qatar visit “has nothing to do with the Iranian delegation's trip to pursue the implementation of the provisions of the memorandum of understanding,” he added.

“We have not yet entered the negotiation stage for a final agreement,” the spokesperson noted.

Prior to Baghaei’s comments, Axios, an outlet close to the Trump administration, had reported that US and Iranian officials are set to hold “separate” meetings with the Qatari and Pakistani mediators on Wednesday, citing a White House official, while noting that US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Doha on Monday.

The US negotiating team is set to hold meetings with high-ranking Qatari officials on Tuesday to discuss talks with Iran, the Axios report added.

“The meeting in Doha is going to be perhaps important, perhaps not. We're going to find out,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office following Tehran’s statement.

Regarding releasing Tehran's frozen assets, Baghaei said “the implementation process is being pursued,” noting that in this regard “an expert delegation from Iran will be dispatched to Doha this week.”

On Sunday, Axios, citing a US official, suggested that the United States and Iran have agreed to halt their exchange of attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz, with talks set for Tuesday in Doha amid a fragile ceasefire.

Washington and Tehran have exchanged retaliatory strikes since Thursday after the US accused Iran of attacking a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important energy shipping route which Iran has closed off for much of the conflict that began in late February.