Iran Delegation in Doha for Fresh Talks — Foreign Minister, Parliament Speaker, Central Bank Chief
Iran sent a senior negotiating delegation to Doha overnight that includes Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and the central bank chief, for fresh talks with Qatar’s prime minister and US counterparts. The Doha track is focused on frozen Iranian financial assets and the wider memorandum-of-understanding architecture. The strikes overnight in southern Iran came as the delegation arrived — framing the talks against a backdrop of continued US military leverage on the Hormuz mine-laying threat.
The composition of the Iranian delegation is significant. Including the central bank chief signals the sanctions-relief and frozen-funds dimension is now a primary track. Araghchi has held diplomatic calls over recent days with European and regional counterparts, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, and counterparts in Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and Oman. The Qatari channel runs alongside the Pakistani-led mediation, which delivered the “short but highly productive” Munir-Pezeshkian-Qalibaf-Araghchi Tehran visit on Saturday. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir also visited Tehran on Sunday to push for the framework deal’s adoption.