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Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for US-Iran deal, official says

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Item 1 of 2 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Moscow, Russia, October 27, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS [1/2] Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Moscow, Russia, October 27, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via... Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Read more Oct 30 (Reuters) - Qatari mediators returned to Tehran on Friday as part ​of efforts to reach a deal ‌between the US and Iran, an official briefed on the talks told Reuters.

The mediation talks have been ​coordinated with the US, the official ​said. Sign up here. Qatar presented a draft peace plan to ⁠Iran on Sunday, according to an official ​briefed on negotiations. But a senior Iranian official ​dismissed the proposals as unacceptable and said Tehran would maintain its nuclear position. Washington wants nuclear issues ​included from the start of negotiations. Tehran ​demands that the US first end its port blockade ‌and ⁠lift oil export sanctions.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday that Tehran remained in close contact with intermediaries to ​review ideas that ​could ⁠ensure the implementation of its own seven-day proposal aimed at ending ​the war in the Middle East. ​On ⁠Thursday, President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance's outreach to Iran concerned medical supplies, ⁠following ​US media reports linking it ​to efforts to revive peace talks. Reporting by Andrew Mills; ​Writing by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Christian Schmollinger Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East X Facebook Linkedin Email Link Purchase Licensing Rights

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Reuters reports that Qatari mediators returned to Tehran to push for a US-Iran deal, citing an official briefed on the talks, and sets out each side's opening demands. The headline keeps the attribution the body gives, and both governments' positions are reported as their positions. Nothing in this short wire report misleads its reader.

What it gets right

  • “Tehran ​demands that the US first end its port blockade ‌and ⁠lift oil export sanctions.”

    Reuters gives Iran's negotiating position in its own terms, next to Washington's demand in S8, so neither side's precondition is set up as the reasonable default.

  • “President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance's outreach to Iran concerned medical supplies, ⁠following ​US media reports linking it ​to efforts to revive peace talks”

    Reuters attributes Trump's account to him and sets the US media reports against it. The president's version does not stand as fact.

  • “Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for US-Iran deal, official says”

    The headline keeps the attribution to the single briefed official that the body relies on. It does not state the claim as settled.

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