Iran Rejects Qatar’s Seven-Day Peace Plan — SkimNews
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- Qatar presented Iran with a new draft on Sunday that set out a seven-day timeline of daily confidence-building steps; the briefed official said it could begin early next week, with several countries as guarantors and Tehran’s response expected by the end of the week.
- Iran rejected the draft as “unacceptable ideas and not an offer,” saying its policy of showing no flexibility on the nuclear issue remained unchanged.
- Iran made an end to the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and the lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil exports prerequisites to talks, while Washington wants the decades-long nuclear program included from the outset.
- Trump rejected a late-September seven-day proposal from Iran under which Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz could reopen if conditions were met, prompting further Qatari mediation.
- Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia, including its largest oil refinery at Ras Tanura, sending oil prices more than 1% above $115 per barrel as their advance toward Bab el-Mandeb opened another front.
- Trump repeated threats on Friday to strike Iran again, while Iranian security officials said Tehran had drawn up detailed plans to attack Gulf undersea cables if the U.S. or Israel resumed attacks.
- Saudi Arabia sent top officials to meet Iranian counterparts in Tehran on Monday alongside Turkey and Pakistan for de-escalation efforts, while Qatar said Tuesday that Iran must stop threats to Arab Gulf states and open the Strait of Hormuz for mediation to succeed.
Why it matters: Qatar’s new seven-day plan with multiple guarantors follows an interim June peace agreement that quickly unraveled, but Iran’s unchanged nuclear stance leaves the central bargain unresolved. For Saudi Arabia and oil buyers, the stakes are concrete: a Houthi strike on Ras Tanura lifted oil prices more than 1% above $115 per barrel as the war’s supply disruption widened.
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