Iran28 September, 20262 min read
Iran Awaits U.S. Response Via Qatari Mediators After New York Indirect Talks
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Iran awaits official U.S. response through Qatari mediators after New York indirect talks. Qatari mediators to hold separate Iran-US talks on amended seven-point proposal.
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Qatar relays Iran terms
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was awaiting a response from the United States through Qatari mediators after indirect talks in New York, with Qatar set to convey Washington’s reply. Araghchi said the talks aimed to establish conditions to reach an agreement that would stop the war, reopen the Hormuz Strait, and resume negotiations related to Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran remained awaiting a response after the new indirect talks held in New York with the intervention of Qatari mediators.
Iran’s seven-point plan envisaged reopening the Hormuz Strait within seven days and resuming nuclear negotiations in exchange for the United States lifting the naval blockade on Iranian ports, suspending sanctions on its oil exports, and restoring a ceasefire. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei dismissed media reports about the content of consultations with the Qatari mediator as “mere speculation with no basis in reality.”
Waiting on Washington
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a Qatari mediator met with the Iranian side again and that Iran was awaiting an official American response through the mediators. Araghchi said the seven-point plan of the Iranian regime was conveyed to the United States and that Iran was waiting for Washington’s official response through the mediators. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Araqchi’s stay in New York had not been extended and that the foreign minister would return to Tehran according to his original schedule.
The Jerusalem Post said Qatari mediators were likely to hold talks with Araghchi in New York and separately with the US side on Monday or Tuesday, focusing on an amended version of a seven-day proposal. Araghchi said, “Our conditions are clear, and any move toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on these conditions being met,” while Iran said mediators had not formally conveyed a US rejection.
Talks continue as war drags
US President Donald Trump told Axios he expected more talks with Iran this week facilitated by Qatari mediators, while he said, “They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that I want to make.” Trump said “more than 20 million barrels” of oil had passed through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, and a US defense official confirmed 22 million barrels of oil were exported through the strait on Friday night. The Arab Weekly said Trump expected further engagement even after rejecting Tehran’s proposal, while Iran insisted that only diplomacy could resolve the conflict and said it had not yet received a formal US rejection through the Qatari mediators.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted that “We are waiting for the mediators to convey the definitive views to us, and we will make a decision based on them,” as mediators continued shuttle diplomacy. The INFO7 report said the war initiated by the United States and Israel against Iran was approaching its eighth month without a definitive solution, with U.S. sanctions intensified and Iranian attacks against oil tankers and other vessels in the Hormuz Strait recorded.