{"id":707731,"date":"2026-06-16T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707731\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:12:12","slug":"qatar-supports-us-iran-understanding-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707731\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar supports US-Iran understanding &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-16T14:34:27+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Doha<\/p>\n<p>Qatar expressed on Tuesday support for diplomatic efforts<br \/>\naimed at consolidating the MoU between the United States and Iran, calling it a<br \/>\nfirst step toward a broader regional consensus.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed<br \/>\nbin Mohammed Al-Ansari said Doha had contributed to narrowing differences<br \/>\nbetween Washington and Tehran within the framework of mediation led by Pakistan,<br \/>\nstressing that Qatar is not a direct mediator but part of a supporting team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEfforts had focused on ensuring maritime security, regional<br \/>\nstability, and the resumption of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d he added,<br \/>\nvoicing confidence that the <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/World\/Iran-s-Pezeshkian-US-accord-could-create-new-regional-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">strait<\/a> would reopen and freedom of navigation would<br \/>\nbe guaranteed under the upcoming memorandum of understanding.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Qatar will be represented at the upcoming<br \/>\nmeeting in Geneva on Friday and continues to maintain contacts with all parties<br \/>\nto ensure the success of the agreement and guide it toward implementation. <\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson firmly denied any Qatari financial<br \/>\ninvolvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/World\/Trump-US-Iran-agreement-enters-second-phase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MoU,<\/a> saying that no funds had been provided and that<br \/>\ninternational coordination is underway to address the economic consequences of<br \/>\nthe crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ongoing discussions are taking place within the<br \/>\nframework of Pakistani mediation. No direct meetings between the United States<br \/>\nand Iran are currently being held in Doha.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On current Israeli hostilities in Gaza and Lebanon, Al-Ansari<br \/>\nclaimed that Qatar continues its efforts to end the war in Gaza and support the<br \/>\nimplementation of related agreements, stressing that regional dialogue is<br \/>\nessential to rebuilding trust among parties. He also condemned Israeli strikes<br \/>\non Lebanon, describing them as a violation of Lebanese sovereignty, and called<br \/>\nfor preserving regional stability and preventing further escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-16T14:34:27+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Doha Qatar expressed on Tuesday support for diplomatic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16993,4,450,451,801,87194,3,15275,305500,452,453,24],"class_list":["post-707731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-mou","tag-news","tag-qatar","tag-qatar-supports-us-iran-understanding","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}