Qatar offers Iran seven-day plan to stop war
Tehran has until the end of the week to respond to the draft, which includes daily steps for both sides.
By Noor Phillips ·
Qatari mediators handed Iran a new draft peace agreement on Sunday. The document outlines a seven-day schedule designed to end the war with the US and Israel.
The war began in February and has disrupted global shipping and oil supplies. It has also spread to other parts of the Middle East. Qatar and Pakistan have led the mediation efforts to stop the fighting.
A June interim peace deal failed to hold. Since then, Yemen's Houthis have launched repeated attacks against Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude exporter. Tensions rose this week when US President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran again on Friday.
Iranian security officials told Reuters that Tehran had prepared detailed plans to attack Gulf undersea cables. They said this would happen if the US and Israel resumed attacks.
An official briefed on the negotiations said on Wednesday that Tehran is expected to send a response to the Qatari draft by the end of the week. The new draft addresses concerns from both Tehran and Washington.
The timeline could begin early next week. Several countries would act as guarantors of the deal. Daily confidence-building steps would be required from each side.
Concerns existed ahead of Sunday's meeting in Tehran that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could resume attacks. Netanyahu is fighting for another term in a general election.
