Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said Iran must demonstrate goodwill and stop its threats against the Gulf states for mediation efforts aimed at reducing tensions and reaching a peaceful solution to the crisis between the United States and Iran to succeed.
On Tuesday, 27 October 2026, Ebrahim Hashemi, director of the Information and Public Relations Department at Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, said at a news conference in Doha: “Iran must prove its goodwill and stop the threats against the Gulf states so that mediation efforts to reduce tensions in the region can succeed.”
The director of the Information Department at Qatar’s Foreign Ministry explained that these mediation efforts are being undertaken to reduce tensions and lay the groundwork for ending the crisis between the United States and Iran through peaceful solutions. He added: “The efforts of Saudi Arabia and the countries of the Mecca Pact complement the actions of Qatar and Pakistan. The visit by the Qatari delegation to Tehran was also undertaken to support mediation aimed at resolving the current crisis; at the same time, the region needs a new regional security system that respects the sovereignty of states.”
On Monday 26 October 2026, the countries of the “Mecca Pact” held talks in Tehran with senior Iranian officials. At the same time, today, Tuesday, in Moscow and on the sidelines of the eighth summit of the “Gas Exporting Countries Forum,” Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, met with Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, and discussed the talks with the United States, the Strait of Hormuz and energy supplies.
