Qatar secured ‘at least two weeks’ for diplomacy to avert US strike on Iran
Qatar has secured “at least two weeks” of breathing room to pursue diplomacy aimed at averting a US strike on Iran, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told G7 foreign ministers in Paris, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to i24NEWS. The window will be used to advance efforts to reach understandings between Washington and Tehran and prevent a resumption of the war, the sources said. Al Thani met with G7 foreign ministers and his Saudi counterpart following talks Tuesday at the White House with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
Qatar is serving as the primary mediator between Washington and Tehran. The US is talking to Qatar about Iran, but will it go anywhere this time? Following the White House meeting, Trump said in a Truth Social post that progress had been made toward ending the war with Iran. He declared that Iran had “militarily, effectively already been defeated,” while leaving open the possibility of further strikes. In Paris, Al Thani told participants that significant differences remained between the two sides, including over the timing and implementation of any agreement.
“There is a dispute regarding the sequence of steps—including the lifting of the naval blockade, the nuclear issue, and the unfreezing of Iranian assets,” he told participants. Al Thani also stressed the need to rebuild trust between Washington and Tehran to bring both sides back to the negotiating table. Suggested articles Israel slams Europe over failure to confront Iran amid growing security threats | Yuval Barnea Why did Iran try to assassinate far-right Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras? | Yuval Barnea France opens probe into suspected Iran-directed cyberattacks on supermarket fridges | i24NEWS
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article lists the lifting of the naval blockade as one of the disputed steps but never says it is a US naval blockade of Iranian ports. i24News reported this itself five days earlier. Without it a reader cannot see that one of the disputed steps is Iran's demand that the US lift its own pressure measure.
How we know
- i24News wrote earlier“an end to the US naval blockade of Iranian ports”Iran weighs nuclear proposals as Qatar pushes to avert renewed US strikes - report (opens in a new tab)