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U.S. and Iranian officials will meet in Doha on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said, just days after a series of military exchanges strained the standing memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran.

Trump announced the meeting Monday morning on Truth Social, saying that Iran had requested it. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on “Fox & Friends” that special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff would travel to Qatar for “high-level meetings” regarding the memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month.

“As far as we’re concerned, we’re holding up our end of the ceasefire,” Leavitt said. “Violence will be met with violence. There were attacks on commercial vessels that the United States of America, directed by the president, responded to and that will continue to happen but we hope we don’t see that.”

U.S. Central Command on Saturday said it struck Iranian territory over the weekend in response to Iran’s attacks on two cargo ships — including one carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil. Iran responded on Sunday by launching missiles at Bahrain and Kuwait .

Both the U.S. and Iran have accused each other of violating the temporary ceasefire, and Trump on Sunday issued a stark warning to Tehran.

“There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” Trump said in a post to social media. “If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!”

A U.S. official, granted anonymity to discuss the negotiations, said that, following the strikes, both sides will cease hostilities as “technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the MOU.”

“Both sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely,” the official said in a statement.

Leavitt on Monday said the president “obviously” wants a peace deal signed but that he has proven “he’s unafraid to use the might of our military.”

“If Iran chooses to be a bad actor, they’ll prove themselves to be the pariah of the Middle East,” Leavitt said. “They’ve totally alienated themselves from their Gulf and Arab partners in the region and the United States of America has the best and strongest military. The president retains the right to use it.”

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