US Official Says Iran Talks Continue Through Funeral Pause

JPost published at 06:17 IDT that a senior U.S. official told Sky News Arabia early Friday that U.S.-Iran talks over the memorandum of understanding are continuing as Tehran opens Ali Khamenei's funeral week. Qatar's official spokesman had said Qatari and Pakistani mediators made positive progress in separate Doha meetings and that the next meeting would be set after the funeral processions; AP, CBS, Fox and Iran International place the live disputes around Hormuz, frozen assets, Lebanon and denuclearization. CBS describes formal negotiations as paused for the funeral period, while JPost says the MoU track continues. Israel should welcome verifiable rollback, while insisting no pause lets Tehran rebuild nuclear leverage or rearm Hezbollah.