The United States is working with Qatar on a plan that would give Iran access to $6 billion in frozen assets for humanitarian purchases, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Qatar expects to rapidly ramp up liquefied natural gas (LNG) production following the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and restore about 80% of its export capacity within two months, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.
Qatari mediators have arrived in Iran to finalize a US-Iran memorandum and discuss unfreezing Tehran's foreign assets.
During negotiations with the US, Iran proposed lifting sanctions on half of Tehran's funds as part of the first stage of the diplomatic process
According to media reports, a Qatari delegation is in Tehran today discussing the possibility of reaching an agreement with the US.
Qatar stands against imposing a permanent toll for the passage through the Strait of Hormuz but is ready negotiate a temporary one, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said.
Qatar calls for respecting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, slamming its closure as a flagrant violation of international law, Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesman Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari said.
Qatar has warned Iran not to use the Strait of Hormuz as a "pressure tool" in ongoing negotiations with the United States to end the current war.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry said Iran is obligated to compensate it for all damage resulting from attacks on its territory.
Iran has targeted an oil tanker chartered by the Qatari state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy with a cruise missile in Qatar’s territorial waters, the Qatari defense ministry reported.
Qatar said it is not mediating between the United States and Iran, rejecting claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that Washington is engaged in talks with Tehran.
The region is going through a very difficult period
U.S .President Donald Trump said Israel will not attack Iran’s South Pars Gas Field from now on, but if Tehran attacks Qatar again, the U.S. military "will massively blow up the entirety" of the South Pars gas field.
Spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Majed al-Ansari condemned Israel for targeting South Pars, noting that the Iranian gasfield is an extension of Qatar’s North Field.
Qatar warns ‘a price has to be paid’ for Iranian strikes Qatar “reserves the right to retaliate” against Iran after its “blatant attack” on Qatar’s people, foreign ministry spokesperson Majid al-Ansari said, adding that Iranian strikes “cannot go unanswered”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi cautioned regional countries against allowing their territory to be used by the US and Israel for aggression.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani have reviewed the latest process of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in a telephone conversation.
Qatar is engaging with representatives from Iran and the United States to resume negotiations between Washington and Tehran on resolving the situation surrounding the Iranian nuclear program, the head of the government, Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said.
Qatar has said it reserves the right to respond directly and in accordance with international law after Iran targeted the al Udeid US military base in Doha in response to U.S. attacks on its nuclear facilities over the weekend.
The operation is called ”Blessings of victory”
