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From what is gradually emerging, Qatar’s role in the Iran-US talks now appears to be complementing that of the so-called “quartet” (Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey) which launched the broader Islamabad process and met in the Pakistani capital on March 29.
- Tehran may have encouraged a greater role for Doha in order to diversify the mediation architecture. While Islamabad still appears to remain the main intermediary and the key backchannel with Washington, some Iranian IRGC circles reportedly became uneasy with perceptions that Islamabad was becoming too closely aligned with Trump and his entourage. Expanding Qatar’s role would therefore allow Tehran to maintain the Pakistani channel while multiplying additional channels into the US administration.
- This also fits a broader regional logic. Alongside Oman, Qatar has long served as one of Tehran’s preferred interlocutors in the Persian Gulf on sensitive regional issues. And while Iran still values its strategic relationship with Pakistan, it simultaneously needs to repair and rebalance ties with the Arabs of the Persian Gulf after the war. Doha is well positioned to facilitate that process.
- Seen in this context, Tehran’s decision to reportedly authorize today the passage of a Qatari LNG tanker through the Strait of Hormuz may not be accidental. And perhaps it is not entirely coincidental that the LNG shipment was reportedly destined for Pakistan itself.
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