Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani had a packed schedule of meetings on his trip to Teheran today, meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Speaker of the parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, and Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian. It was his first trip to Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, and its aim was to discuss “ways to de-escalate tensions” and to “create the conditions conducive to dialogue,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced on the eve of his trip.
Sheikh Mohammed’s trip was the third visit by Iran’s regional neighbors seeking to avoid a return to war. Two days before the Qatari envoy’s visit, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi held meetings in Tehran; Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir had been in Tehran the day before that.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry’s series of reports on X on each of the Sheikh’s meetings by-and-large reiterated that his discussions had focused on steps which would contribute “to the enhancement of regional security and stability,” given “the latest developments in the region.”
In the meeting with Araghchi, however, it was reported that the two had “addressed ongoing discussions regarding the proposed interim framework, which includes the establishment of a temporary joint shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and an agreement to implement a joint project to clear the strait of mines"—presumably a reference to the framework agreement announced at the conclusion of the Omani Foreign Minister’s August 25 visit to Tehran.
