Qatari mediation to calm Tensions between US and Iran

After the Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani offered condolences on Saturday to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the killing of the former commander of the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, he travelled to Iran to meet his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The two parties do not disclose the reasons for the visit, which analysts believed were intended to mediate and calm between the United States and Iran.

According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, announced on Twitter, the Qatari and Iranian ministers discussed the relations between the two countries.

Mousavi does not clarifies any details about the reasons for the visit, while the Qatar News Agency indicated that “Al Thani” discussed with “Zarif” the latest developments on the regional scene, especially the recent events in Iraq, as well as ways to calm down to maintain security for the region.

The visit raises at this time in particular questions about the goals behind it, and it also highlights the strength of the relationship and the existing alliance between Doha and Tehran.

The visit also aimed many goals; most notably that the strength of military, political and economic relations between the two countries forced Doha Support her ally after the killing of “Soleimani”.

The relationship between Qatar and Iran has evolved significantly after the Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt boycott of Doha in June 2017, as a result of its practices in support of terrorist activities and groups.

The Boycott led the Doha regime to the roads of the Iranian gate, due to the convergence of the goals aimed at extending arms Extremism in the region.

The other goal is Doha’s desire to justify its position with the Iranian regime, especially after announcing that the drone that bombed the “Soleimani” motorcade exited the American “many” base in Qatar, which puts Doha in a political impasse; Doha then denies its knowledge of this process. .

The other expected reason is the Qatari mediation of the truce between Washington and Tehran; to know the limits of the Iranian response after the killing of “Soleimani”; that Qatar has relations with both parties, bearing in mind that Doha has been trying for a period of mediation between the two sides, as its foreign minister directed in June 2019 to Tehran and held talks focused mainly on the ongoing tension between Tehran and Washington, and the minister announced at the time that Doha had made efforts to end the crisis between Iran and the United States.

For his part, “Osama Al-Hetimi”, journalist specializes in Iranian affairs, explains that this visit is an attempt to mediate between Washington and Tehran aimed at calming the situation.

He added in a statement to the “Reference” that the visit is inseparable from American moves that followed the assassination a few hours, including a series of statements by American officials that provided many justifications and justifications for the operation, including also that message that the United States sent to Iran through the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which According to what was leaked from the Iranian side, I tried not to have the Iranian response to the process go beyond a specific ceiling, then the visit of the Qatari foreign minister and his meeting with his Iranian counterpart and the intention to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, perhaps to convey an American message to Iranian officials.

He pointed out that Qatar may have been chosen specifically for many reasons, including its good relationship with the United States on the one hand and with Iran on the other, which is not available to other parties, as well as the geographical proximity between Qatar and Iran, which is an important factor, since Washington understands the importance of time in mitigating The severity of the congestion before reckless positions came from the Iranian side.

Washington also believes that Doha will be very sincere in advising the Iranian side and reminding them that igniting a large-scale war will have catastrophic repercussions for the entire region.