Iran’s Larijani in Qatar, meets Hamas leadership: What to know
Qatar and Oman have played a vital role in mediating between Iran and the United States to avoid military confrontation that would spill over to the rest of the region.
Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, arrived in Qatar on Wednesday following a similar trip to Oman the day before, meeting both senior Qatari officials and Hamas leadership. The trips come amid preparations to hold another round of US-Iran negotiations on the nuclear issue.
Regional diplomacy
In Doha, Larijani — secretary of the National Security Council, Iran’s top decision-making body on defense and foreign policy — was received by Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss strengthening bilateral ties and the latest regional developments, as well as efforts to de-escalate security tensions, the official Qatari news agency (QNA) said.
علی لاریجانی، دبیر شورای عالی امنیت ملی جمهوری اسلامی روز چهارشنبه با استقبال مقام‌های عالی‌رتبه دولت قطر وارد دوحه شد.
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علی لاریجانی، روز چهارشنبه ۲۲ بهمن در ادامه تلاش‌ها در راستای یافتن یک راه حل دیپلماتیک برای پرونده هسته‌ای ایران و جلوگیری از حمله نظامی آمریکا، بلافاصله پس… pic.twitter.com/YWxiCFoc0G
Qatar, home to Al Udeid Air Base, the largest US military base in the Middle East, has played a key mediating role between Iran and the United States in the past, given its balanced relations with the two sides.
