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Iran Rejects Qatar’s New Draft Peace Deal Proposal

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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Qatari mediators gave Iran a new draft peace deal on Sunday, expecting a response by week’s end.
The draft calls for daily confidence-building steps and a seven-day timeline with guarantor nations.
Iran’s senior official labeled the Qatari proposals “unacceptable.”
Saudi Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan chief Asim Munir and Turkey’s Ibrahim Kalin met President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran Monday.

History

In July 2015 Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany) signed the JCPOA in Vienna, unlocking roughly $100 billion of frozen Iranian assets. The United States withdrew in 2018 and Iran announced termination in October 2025. Qatar’s new seven-day peace framework mirrors that multilateral confidence-building approach, though Saudi Arabia and Turkey remain skeptical.

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In July 2015 Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany) signed the JCPOA in Vienna, unlocking roughly $100 billion of frozen Iranian assets. The United States withdrew in 2018 and Iran announced termination in October 2025. Qatar’s new seven-day peace framework mirrors that multilateral confidence-building approach, though Saudi Arabia and Turkey remain skeptical.

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