Qatari official’s Iran visit gives hope for talks breakthrough

DUBAI, 28 January 2022, (TON): Qatar’s top diplomat visited Iran, days before Qatar’s emir holds talks in Washington at a crucial time for efforts by Tehran and major powers to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.

The visit by Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani comes after his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian said “Tehran is ready to consider direct talks with Washington if it feels it can get a good nuclear deal.”

However, Iran’s state news agency IRNA said the visit was not intended to help set up direct talks with Washington.

Local media said “although Doha and Tehran are experiencing good and close relations, this visit has fueled some misconceptions. Some are fabricating it to facilitate direct talks with the United States.”

The US and Iran have held eight rounds of indirect talks in Vienna since April aimed at reinstating the pact that lifted sanctions against Tehran in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program.

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