Qatari delegation arrives in Tehran for peace talks

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Qatari delegation arrives in Tehran for peace talks​

Agencies Published October 31, 2026 Updated 31 minutes ago
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ATLANTA: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan gestures as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan arrive for the first plenary session at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.—AFP
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• Iran halts three oil tankers in Hormuz for ‘unauthorised crossing’
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TEHRAN: A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday for talks with senior Iranian officials, state media reported, as mediators press efforts to revive peace talks with the United States amid rising fears of a return to hostilities in the Middle East war.

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The delegation, led by a senior adviser to Qatar’s prime minister, came to discuss “bilateral relations … as well as regional developments”, the state news agency IRNA said.


It is the latest in a string of visits by senior officials from several countries to the Iranian capital in recent days, as fears grow that the war, now in its eighth month, could flare up again.

Qatar and Pakistan have mediated talks since an April ceasefire. The war began on Feb 28, when US-Israeli strikes on Iran killed the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran retaliated with attacks on Israel and US assets, and has since blocked ships from using the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries about a fifth of global oil consumption.

The tension at sea was underlined on Friday when Oman said it had rescued 25 sailors from a merchant ship that was targeted and set ablaze.

Muscat’s navy carried out an evacuation of the crew of the Panama-flagged RITI after a fire broke out on board, Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said.

Separately, Iran said three oil tankers had been halted as they crossed the blockaded strait. The Revolutionary Guards said two vessels attempting to pass through an unauthorised route “encountered incidents and were brought to a halt” in waters south of the strait after ignoring radio warnings.


A third supertanker, carrying two million barrels of oil, exploded and caught fire after striking a naval mine while on an unauthorised route, the Guards added.

Meanwhile, the fallout from the conflict has reached the diplomatic stage in the United States. Speaking to G20 counterparts in Atlanta, including Russia’s Sergei Lavrov, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said the world faced a critical “moment of choosing” in tackling “interconnected economic and geopolitical crises” as the wars in Ukraine and Iran deepen divisions among members.

The strains were visible before the two-day meeting began. A traditional group photograph was cancelled after European officials objected to appearing alongside Lavrov.

The German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, said: “There is no normality with Russia.”

Experts and diplomats said the deep rifts over the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East were likely to derail any unified action or joint statement.

The gathering, held just days before the US midterm elections, also comes as global energy prices have soared since the US war on Iran began. It sets the stage for a G20 leaders’ summit in December at Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami.

https://www.dawn.com/news/2041098/qatari-delegation-arrives-in-tehran-for-peace-talks

 

[PK781]

whats with these people taking turns going to tehran? First it was the other 3, now the qataris. What's different this time that wasn't already said or discussed before?
I appreciate the efforts but just wanna understand why these are all split up

 

[RescueRanger]

whats with these people taking turns going to tehran? First it was the other 3, now the qataris. What's different this time that wasn't already said or discussed before?
I appreciate the efforts but just wanna understand why these are all split up

Hi,

Brother they are not split. Saudi delegation was regarding MECCA Defensive pact and those priorities. The Qataris were also in Iran at the time, but they were given a new letter to pass to Iranians by Vance, the Iranians took that onboard and stated they will go down the route of a 7 day peace plan if the US offers certain concessions themselves include releasing of frozen assets etc with (handover of nuclear material to a third nation- BEING a red line for Iran).

This the Qatari's took back to Washington, obviously this wasn't what the US wanted, so they sent another counter proposal back via the Qataris, which has not had a good reception in Tehran so far.

Ultimately, both sides actually want to end the stalemate and whilst some in the region may be optimistic about a positive outcome, what happens on Wednesday is anyone's guess. But the pullback of non-essential personnel from KSA and the movement of aircraft away from Qatar and back to Jordan and Israel is a signal no one should ignore.

The US in addition to having P8's already in region have repositioned 2 x RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft to CENTCOM AOR, 1 to replace the existing aircraft assigned to CENTCOM missions which had been in the region for 5 months and another as a reserve. (Understanding why such aircraft have been moved into the region so close to the Nov the 3rd deadline is crucial.

There are now 139 USAF refuelers in the region that WE KNOW about. US Air Mobility Command flew 39 flights into CENTCOM AOR doing heavy lift from Oct 8 to Oct 30th with the biggest surge being during October 27th and 29th...

The French refuelers are now operating on the central and Eastern flank and the British refuelers and their escorts are now working solely on the South western flank... You now have AAD batteries from multiple European countries operating in the region in a "defensive operation" along with multiple naval vessels from EU nations tasked to Operation Aspides - being re-tasked to the Red Sea.