“Reports claiming that the State of Qatar ‘offered’ $12 billion to Iran to ensure the conclusion of an agreement are utterly baseless,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said [Getty]
Qatar has denied that it offered Iran $12 billion to finalise an agreement that would end the US-Israeli war on Iran.
“Reports claiming that the State of Qatar ‘offered’ $12 billion to Iran to ensure the conclusion of an agreement are utterly baseless and are being circulated by parties seeking to derail the agreement and undermine diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating tensions and promoting stability in the region,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said on the social media platform X.
“Qatar’s diplomatic role, in coordination with regional partners, is well established and publicly documented, and such narratives are nothing more than desperate attempts to tarnish Qatar’s reputation as a trusted international peace facilitator,” he added.
Reports of this alleged “offer” followed the visit of Iran’s top negotiator and its foreign minister to Doha for talks with Qatar’s prime minister on a potential deal with the US to end the three-month-old war.
The official briefed on the Iranians’ Doha visit told Reuters the discussions focused primarily on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. At the same time, Iran’s central bank governor attended to discuss the potential release of frozen Iranian funds as part of a final deal.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said earlier that nuclear issues would only be negotiated if the framework accord is agreed first.
US President Donald Trump claims his key aim in the war is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon with its highly enriched uranium. Tehran has consistently denied it has plans to do that, while both Israel and the US possess nuclear weapons.
The two sides remain at odds on several other issues, such as Israel’s war in Lebanon with Hezbollah and Tehran’s demands for the lifting of sanctions and the release of tens of billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenues frozen in foreign banks.
