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Archive photo · 6 October 2009Iran Rejects Qatar’s New Draft Deal To End War With United States And Israel
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Qatari draft to end war labeled unacceptable, not an official offer, Iran says. Iran in close contact with mediators on implementing Tehran's seven-day plan.
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Qatar drafts, Iran rejects
Qatari mediators presented Iran with a new draft deal to end the war with the United States and Israel, but a senior Iranian official said Doha had only put forward unacceptable ideas that did not amount to an offer. The senior Iranian official involved in the negotiations disputed the characterization of the initiative, saying Qatar had presented only "unacceptable ideas and not an offer". Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was maintaining close contact with mediators to examine proposals that could facilitate the implementation of Iran’s own seven-day plan for ending the regional conflict.
Iran’s position on the nuclear issue remained unchanged, with the sources describing Washington’s insistence that negotiations address Iran’s longstanding nuclear program from the beginning and Iran’s demand that its conditions be satisfied first. The sources also tied the mediation push to the Trump administration’s consideration of whether to resume military operations against Iran, with the White House declining to confirm reported preparations while stressing that "President Trump keeps all options on the table".
Seven-day plan and talks
Iran said it was discussing with mediators formulas to implement a seven-day plan aimed at ending the war in the Middle East and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that "We remain in close and continuous contact with intermediaries" to examine proposals that would allow implementing Iran’s Seven-Day Plan in less than a week. The sources described the Qatari proposal as setting a seven-day timeline with daily confidence-building measures and several countries acting as guarantors, with the timeline potentially beginning early next week.
The sources also said Washington wants Iran’s decades-long nuclear programme to be part of negotiations from the outset, while Iran says its conditions must be met first, including the removal of the American blockade on Iranian ports and the lifting of sanctions targeting Iranian oil exports. The sources linked the mediation to a broader diplomatic effort after an earlier June deal unraveled, and they placed the talks against threats of renewed attacks by the United States and Israel.
Stakes for shipping and markets
The sources framed the stakes of the Iran-US-Israel war as extending beyond diplomacy, with Iran saying it controls the Hormuz strait and regularly targets vessels that attempt to cross without its authorization while the United States has imposed a naval counter-blockade on Iranian ports. The sources also said the conflict disrupted global shipping and oil supplies and spilled over across other parts of the Middle East, with the mediation effort occurring as fighting in Yemen and threats in the Gulf continued. The sources reported that Trump reiterated threats to strike Iran again, while Iranian security officials told Reuters that Tehran had drawn up detailed plans to attack Gulf undersea cables if the US and Israel resumed attacks.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any Israeli-instigated attack in the Gulf region would have a "devastating impact" on global markets. The sources described the mediation as a potential path to prevent renewed attacks after the US midterm elections on November 3, with Axios reporting mediators led by Qatar were trying to restart US-Iran talks and prevent the resumption of war.