Qatar is pushing for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as the only way to revive diplomacy between Washington and Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said, after a 60-day window for a broader US-Iran agreement expired Monday.
The memorandum of understanding collapsed after Iran targeted ships transiting the strait, a chokepoint for roughly a fifth of global oil and gas. The White House has said it does not seek to extend the arrangement, while President Donald Trump called preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon the primary US objective. Iran's parliament speaker set preconditions for reopening the strait, including lifting sanctions and releasing frozen assets.
Al-Ansari also denied Iranian accusations that Qatar is holding three military pilots prisoner, calling the claims baseless, and said Doha condemned the targeting of the Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister's office.