According to local media reports, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, arrived in Iran on Thursday as the country seeks to end the dispute between Tehran and Washington over the resumption of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Qatar TV broadcast images of Prince Tamim bin Hamad arriving at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, where he was greeted by Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber. He added: “In this trip, bilateral, regional and international issues will be on the agenda.”
The Emir of Qatar met with Iranian President Ibrahim Ra’isi on Thursday. The trip comes as the EU co-ordinator continues to work to revive the Iran nuclear deal, after Vienna talks were suspended for months due to Tehran’s request to Washington to remove the Revolutionary Guards’s name from the list. List of terrorist organizations.
While Iranian official media cited the visit as evidence of the expansion of Iran’s relations with countries in the region, an informed source told Reuters on Sunday that the Emir of Qatar’s visit was aimed at returning the parties to the nuclear deal to a “new middle ground”. Has been. the earth.”
Qatar hosted the Iranian president last February. Despite its small size, the Persian Gulf Emirate plays a strategic role as a mediator and quiet negotiator in an area full of sectarian and political conflicts. Qatar’s relations with Washington and Tehran allow it to convey the views of both sides.
The Emir of Qatar last visited Iran in January 2020 to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the top US Revolutionary Guards commander during his visit to Iraq.
And last Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that after the visit, “Iranian President Ebrahim Ra’isi will go to a country on the Persian Gulf.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
