Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, has held talks with Trump at the White House on Monday 9 November aimed at averting a renewed escalation with Iran, the Morning Star reports.
Vice President JD Vance met the Qatari prime minister separately earlier, a US official told Axios, according to House of Saud. The same outlet says the White House has released no public readout of either meeting.
House of Saud, citing unnamed diplomatic sources quoted by Israel Hayom, says Qatar brought a framework to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In return, the US naval blockade would be lifted and about $8bn in frozen Iranian funds held in Qatar would be released. US and Iranian officials have not confirmed these terms.
The outlet adds that the Axios version of the plan has inspectors from the IAEA visiting bombed nuclear sites on day one. That step does not appear in Araghchi's public account, and it has not been independently checked.
Rubio and Hegseth reportedly oppose a deal along these lines, Oilprice.com reports.