Iran War Updates: Qatar pushes for U.S.-Iran deal under shadow of Trump’s threats to resume attacks

October 30, 2026 / 7:07 AM EDT / CBS News

Qatari officials returned to Iran on Friday to push for a peace deal between Tehran and Washington, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, along with Reuters and AFP, reported.

The talks have been coordinated with the U.S., an official told Reuters.

The delegation is led by a senior adviser to Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister and is scheduled to meet with senior Iranian officials, IRNA said, adding that the discussions would focus on bilateral relations between Iran and Qatar, as well as developments in the region.

An official briefed on the latest diplomacy confirmed to CBS News Wednesday that Qatari mediators had presented Iran with a new draft deal to end the war. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Qatar had only come with "unacceptable" ideas, and that Tehran would not change its stance on the nuclear issue, something Washington wants included in negotiations from the start.

Tehran wants the U.S. to first lift its blockade of Iranian ports and to drop sanctions limiting the country's gas and oil sales.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday in a post on X that Tehran "continues to give diplomacy a…

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