A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday for talks with Iranian officials, state media reported, as mediators press efforts to revive peace talks with the United States.\n<\/p>\n
According to the IRNA state news agency, the delegation, headed by a senior adviser to Qatar\u2019s prime minister, came to discuss \u201cbilateral relations\u2026 as well as regional developments\u201d with senior Iranian officials.\n<\/p>\n
Senior officials from several countries have flown to Tehran in recent days as fears rise of a return to hostilities in the Middle East war, which started eight months ago.\n<\/p>\n
The reported Qatari visit came a day after Iranian media said Iran had received a letter from US Vice President JD Vance addressed to security chief Mohsen Rezaei.<\/p>\n
The Wall Street Journal said the letter focused on a possible framework for negotiations rather than specific terms for a peace deal.<\/p>\n
The New York Times reported that Vance \u201cmade the outreach in a letter sent last week via Qatari mediators and delivered Sunday to Gen. Mohsen Rezaei\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
Qatar and Pakistan have been mediating efforts to revive peace talks following a ceasefire agreement in April. A Qatari delegation was also in Tehran on Sunday, according to a senior Iranian official.<\/p>\n
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian discussed the war on the sidelines of a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Also this week, senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey \u2014 which signed a defence alliance in Mecca in August \u2014 flew to Tehran for talks.\n<\/p>\n
The Middle East war began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior military commanders in Tehran.\n<\/p>\n
Iran retaliated with attacks on Israel and US assets across the region, while stopping ships using the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that normally carries around one-fifth of global oil consumption.\n<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was discussing a plan with both mediators, Qatar and Pakistan, to end the war and reopen the waterway.\n<\/p>\n
The US has meanwhile imposed a blockade on Iranian ports, further restricting Tehran\u2019s ability to export oil and conduct trade.\n<\/p>\n
Tehran insists that Washington meet seven conditions for reopening the strait, including a ceasefire across the Middle East, unfreezing Iranian assets abroad, lifting sanctions on its oil sector and ending the US naval blockade.<\/p>\n
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