Qatar: US, Iran Send Positive Signals as Mediation Push Continues
(MENAFN) Both Washington and Tehran have sent encouraging replies to Qatari mediators, Doha said Tuesday, as it pressed on with efforts to break the deadlock between the two adversaries.
Qatar said it has received “positive responses” from the US and Iran, and that mediators remain focused on ending the “no war, no peace” limbo and the uncertainty gripping the region.
“Mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran are still ongoing, and there have been positive responses from both sides,” Ibrahim Al-Hashimi, director of the Qatari Foreign Ministry’s Media and Communications Department, told a press conference in Doha.
Al-Hashimi added that mediators are working to end the state of “no war, no peace” and to put an end to the uncertainty.
The announcement followed a high-level push in Washington a day earlier. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said he held “positive discussions” with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on securing an agreement and bringing peace to the region.
“Pleased to meet with the US president and vice president in Washington, where we discussed the situation in the region and ways to make progress in US-Iran negotiations,” Sheikh Mohammed said Monday on X.
“I appreciate the positive discussions on reaching an agreement and bringing peace to the region,” he added.
Tehran, meanwhile, moved to shoot down reports of a deal involving the Strait of Hormuz. Also on Monday, an unnamed Iranian official told a semi-official Iranian news agency that claims of talks to reopen the waterway in exchange for the release of $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets were false.
The official said Tehran would negotiate only within the framework of seven conditions already delivered to Washington. Those include lifting the naval blockade and unilateral sanctions, guaranteeing safe passage through the strait, freeing frozen Iranian assets, and ending the war.
The US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. A ceasefire was reached in April, but fighting between the US and Iran resumed in July after diplomacy stalled.
Qatar said it has received “positive responses” from the US and Iran, and that mediators remain focused on ending the “no war, no peace” limbo and the uncertainty gripping the region.
“Mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran are still ongoing, and there have been positive responses from both sides,” Ibrahim Al-Hashimi, director of the Qatari Foreign Ministry’s Media and Communications Department, told a press conference in Doha.
Al-Hashimi added that mediators are working to end the state of “no war, no peace” and to put an end to the uncertainty.
The announcement followed a high-level push in Washington a day earlier. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said he held “positive discussions” with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on securing an agreement and bringing peace to the region.
“Pleased to meet with the US president and vice president in Washington, where we discussed the situation in the region and ways to make progress in US-Iran negotiations,” Sheikh Mohammed said Monday on X.
“I appreciate the positive discussions on reaching an agreement and bringing peace to the region,” he added.
Tehran, meanwhile, moved to shoot down reports of a deal involving the Strait of Hormuz. Also on Monday, an unnamed Iranian official told a semi-official Iranian news agency that claims of talks to reopen the waterway in exchange for the release of $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets were false.
The official said Tehran would negotiate only within the framework of seven conditions already delivered to Washington. Those include lifting the naval blockade and unilateral sanctions, guaranteeing safe passage through the strait, freeing frozen Iranian assets, and ending the war.
The US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. A ceasefire was reached in April, but fighting between the US and Iran resumed in July after diplomacy stalled.
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