Two days after Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported inconclusive consultations in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Nov. 3 that Washington and Tehran remained committed to diplomacy.
Al-Ansari said regional and international coordination continues as Qatar pursues an agreement between the United States and Iran, and said both sides still favor a diplomatic resolution.
IRNA reported Nov. 1 that consultations in Doha had ended without an agreed result. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Qatar and Pakistan were mediating and Tehran had presented terms for a settlement, IRNA reported. EconoTimes covered those developments in an earlier report on the mediation effort.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said Oct. 27 that its delegation’s visit to Tehran was part of continuing consultations. It said messages and proposals were passing between the United States and Iran through Qatar.
Whether Qatar presented a formal proposal to Iran remains disputed. Reuters reported that a person briefed on negotiations said Qatar’s team took a draft to Tehran Oct. 25. A senior Iranian official involved in the talks described the Qatari ideas as unacceptable and said they did not constitute an offer, Reuters reported.
