President Donald Trump announced Monday the meeting will take place in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.

The request comes after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed earlier Monday that $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets would be released by Qatar — calling it a “great victory for the Iranian people.”

Iran requested the meeting in Doha after a weekend of strikes raised questions about the durability of the 60-day peace framework.

Pezeshkian’s claims remain unconfirmed by the U.S., though the unfreezing of sanctioned assets was mentioned in the memorandum of understanding Washington and Tehran signed June 17.

That interim deal set a 60-day clock for talks aimed at reaching a final peace agreement. The U.S. hopes to resolve decades-long concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and formally end the war launched Feb. 28.

The 14-point memorandum states sanctions on Iran will be lifted as part of a final deal — but that relief is linked to nuclear compliance.

If Tuesday’s meeting occurs, it will come after weekend strikes between the U.S. and Iran that raised serious questions about whether the peace framework can hold.

The regime agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz as part of a recently released “memorandum of understanding” with the White House. Then they reneged. Agreed again. Reneged again. The excuses change, but the pattern is clear — Iran’s word means nothing.

The latest manipulation involves ordering terror proxy Hezbollah to attack Israel from Lebanon, then pointing to Israel’s inevitable response as justification to back out of the deal. The regime claims Israel violated the agreement by defending itself. It’s transparent game-playing designed to exploit the framework Trump signed.

“The very first bullet point of the MOU declares that the U.S. and Iran each assent to an ‘immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.’ This includes each parties’ ‘allies in the current war,’ a phrase that cuts in both directions, and very much includes Hezbollah on Iran’s side.”

Here’s the thing — the mullahs are negotiating from a position of total weakness. Trump’s second-term military campaign has reduced Iran’s major nuclear facilities to rubble. Top nuclear scientists liquidated. A wide swath of regime leaders gone, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The missile stockpile is gutted. Capacity to produce new missiles, decimated. The navy is sunk. Iran’s ability to defend its own airspace has been reduced to virtually zero. Its economy — already disastrous enough to inspire mass protests in the streets of Tehran — is in complete shambles.

The regime is a shadow of what it was when Trump took office. Those are game-changing victories no other president even attempted, let alone delivered. And Iran knows it.

That’s exactly why this latest cheating is so revealing. A regime that won’t operate in good faith on its bare-minimum obligation — opening the strait, even when it’s in their own interest — has just handed Trump the perfect leverage. Hezbollah’s attacks from Lebanon are an explicit violation of the MOU’s very first provision. Iran has given the President a tailor-made justification to dictate terms instead of negotiate them.

Patriots already know how this ends. Trump doesn’t take bad deals. He didn’t with Kim Jong-un. He didn’t with China. He won’t here. The mullahs are about to learn — again — that testing this president comes with consequences they cannot survive.

The Texas Republican told Newsmax the regime will “lie to the president” and do whatever it takes to drag out talks while protecting its nuclear capabilities.

“They’ve got two objectives: one is regime survival, and two is to protect their nuclear program … they will lie to the president. They will do whatever is necessary to keep playing this out.”

Self’s skepticism comes as Trump has repeatedly said the United States is close to securing a deal with Tehran. Iranian officials have publicly disputed those claims, saying significant issues remain unresolved.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee member argued Iran’s long-term strategy hasn’t changed despite ongoing diplomatic discussions reportedly focused on uranium stockpiles, sanctions relief, and regional security arrangements.

Self told Newsmax that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remains the central objective of any agreement — but he expressed doubt the regime would honor such commitments.

Many congressional Republicans share Self’s concerns that Iran may exploit negotiations to buy time while preserving key elements of its nuclear program.

The Texas lawmaker also addressed the House rejection of a temporary FISA extension, dismissing concerns about immediate national security risks.

Self, who voted against the extension, said the surveillance authorities will continue operating until March 2027 under existing court orders.

“It will expire by congressional action, but it continues until March of 2027,” Self said. “The FISA court has ordered it by law.”

He pointed to a 2008 precedent when authorities lapsed but intelligence operations continued legally.

“Yes, the congressional authority did,” Self said. “The program will not. We will keep things safe and keep national security moving.”