A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday morning for talks with senior Iranian officials amid renewed diplomatic efforts to revive stalled negotiations between Iran and the US, official Iranian media reported.
The delegation, headed by a senior adviser to Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, according to IRNA news agency.
“The meetings are expected to focus on strengthening Iran-Qatar relations and exchanging views on the latest regional developments,” the agency reported.
Al Jazeera reported earlier that Qatari mediators had returned to Tehran to negotiate an agreement to end the US-Iran conflict, with the initiative coordinated with Washington.
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The latest push follows a report Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal that US Vice President JD Vance had sent a letter to Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei in an attempt to revive stalled negotiations.
Tehran received the message but had yet to respond, a senior Iranian official told the semi-official Fars News Agency on Thursday.
US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said Thursday pointed to diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran, crediting Qatar, Pakistan and other regional allies with helping bring the two sides closer to an agreement on a de-escalation process.
Speaking the Global Perspectives event in Doha, hosted by the CNN, he urged both sides to halt hostilities and lower tensions, saying: “Let’s have a time out. Let’s have a time out, bring temperatures down.”
“I think we’re very close to finally getting to a place where we can say: let’s just have a time out,” he added.
The US and ‘Israel’ launched a war of aggression on Iran on Feb. 28, prompting Tehran to retaliate with attacks on the Zionist entity and US positions across several Arab countries.
Washington and Tehran signed a framework agreement in June and subsequently began negotiations, but the talks collapsed after the US violated terms concerning freedom and security of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global energy supplies and trade.
Source: Al-Manar English Website