US Official Says Iran Talks Continue Through Funeral Pause

A senior U.S. official said early Friday at 06:17 IDT 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; the live disputes involve Hormuz, frozen assets, Lebanon and denuclearization. Some accounts describe formal negotiations as paused for the funeral period, while the MoU track continues. Israel should welcome verifiable rollback, while insisting no pause lets Tehran rebuild nuclear leverage or rearm Hezbollah.