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Qatar's emir urges talks with Iran as regional leaders demand stronger action against Israel at UN

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Elashi, M. (2026, September 23). Qatar's emir urges talks with Iran as regional leaders demand stronger action against Israel at UN. Euronews. https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/23/qatars-emir-urges-talks-with-iran-as-regional-leaders-demand-stronger-action-against-israe

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Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, urging regional leaders to engage in talks with Iran and calling for a collective security system in the Gulf to prevent further conflicts. He emphasized the need for diplomatic solutions and criticized Israel's actions in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon, describing conditions there as genocidal and urging international intervention. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also spoke, advocating for freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and increased pressure on Israel regarding its military operations in Gaza.
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As of September 2026, President Donald Trump told reporters that the U.S. is "hopefully toward the end" of its ongoing war with Iran, which began on February 28 and has lasted for seven months. Despite this hopeful statement, there are no clear timelines or significant de-escalation efforts in sight. The conflict continues to disrupt global oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up oil prices to over $108 per barrel. Additionally, Iran's foreign minister is under pressure from China and international concerns to reopen the strait and return to a previous interim peace deal with the U.S.

Meanwhile, tensions have escalated beyond Iran into Yemen, where Houthi rebels, aligned with Iran, pose significant threats near the Red Sea, complicating efforts at regional stability. The conflict has also drawn in other nations such as Saudi Arabia, which is offering extra crude oil through Oman to ease supply disruptions and stabilize oil prices.

At the United Nations General Assembly, Trump further alarmed global leaders by threatening to "annihilate" Iran if necessary, raising concerns about the potential for catastrophic outcomes involving nuclear weapons. This rhetoric contrasts sharply with past U.S. presidents who emphasized caution regarding such extreme measures. Despite these challenges, there is an urgent need for multilateral solutions and effective engagement through international bodies like the UN to address ongoing conflicts and crises around the world.

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🔮 Qatar urged Iran on Tuesday to “show goodwill” by stopping threats against countries in the region and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as efforts to broker a deal with the United States continued. "We have heard positive statements from the Iranian side on this issue, but they still need to show goodwill,” Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi, director of the foreign ministry’s Media and Communication Department, told a weekly briefing in Doha.
🔮 Parliament’s statement did not specify what assistance Egypt would provide or announce that troops were being sent.
🔮 Qatar will soon announce a new defence partnership, Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Monday, while also calling for talks and closer economic ties with Iran to prevent further conflict.
🔮 France also said on Sunday it would continue supporting the Gulf kingdom in defending its territory and infrastructure.
🔮 Momeni said a technical delegation would hold further meetings on the issue following the talks in Doha, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported on Tuesday.
🔮 He would not say how far the negotiations had progressed.
🔮 Such a system could have prevented the current Iran war and without it, he warned, vital facilities could be attacked and important waterways closed. Any lasting agreement with Tehran should protect the whole region, including Iran, Sheikh Tamim said.
🔮 The ministry’s announcement did not say when pumping would resume or give a full account of the damage.
🔮 The talks mark the countries’ highest-level meeting since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, as the UAE has been making it clear through presidential diplomatic adviser Anwar Gargash that "trust is the mountain we will have to climb," as "geography leaves us no alternative to engagement," but that those relations will need to be judged by actions and not words to rebuild the shattered trust.
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Narrative

Underlining that Qatar is "a trusted mediator," Sheikh Tamim called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened and warned that Gulf countries were being drawn into a war that was not theirs. “We remain convinced that the crisis in the Gulf can be resolved through diplomatic means, through reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime navigation, in order to avert war,” the Qatari emir said.
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🔮 Such a system could have prevented the current Iran war and without it, he warned, vital facilities could be attacked and important waterways closed. Any lasting agreement with Tehran should protect the whole region, including Iran, Sheikh Tamim said.

Claims (27 extracted, 2 hedged)

The leaders of Qatar, Turkey and Jordan called for talks with Tehran and greater international pressure on Israel. asserted
leaders → call → Israel
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told the United Nations General Assembly that the Gulf was going through "one of the most dangerous phases" in its recent history and that the Iran war was the result of cumulative years of postponing diplomatic solutions. asserted
war → tell → solutions
In his speech at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sheikh Tamim called for a “regional system of collective security” based on national sovereignty, non-interference and the peaceful resolution of disputes. asserted
Tamim → call → disputes
Such a system could have prevented the current Iran war and without it, he warned, vital facilities could be attacked and important waterways closed. Any lasting agreement with Tehran should protect the whole region, including Iran, Sheikh Tamim said. uncertain
Tamim → prevent → Iran
“The opportunity for a peaceful diplomatic solution, which we believe is both possible and realistic, must not be missed," he added. asserted
he → believe → solution
Underlining that Qatar is "a trusted mediator," Sheikh Tamim called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened and warned that Gulf countries were being drawn into a war that was not theirs. “We remain convinced that the crisis in the Gulf can be resolved through diplomatic means, through reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime navigation, in order to avert war,” the Qatari emir said. asserted
emir → underline → war
Qatar was doing “everything in our power to address the conflict in the region through diplomatic means," he added. asserted
he → do → means
On Gaza, Sheikh Tamim stated that what had happened there was “genocide in every sense of the word." asserted
happened → state → word
“There can be no talk of a just international order as long as Palestine remains in its plight," he said, adding that the scale of the destruction had not been matched by the international response. asserted
scale → remain → response
He called on Israel to fully implement the ceasefire by ending military operations, withdrawing from Gaza, lifting the blockade and allowing humanitarian aid to enter without conditions. asserted
aid → call → conditions
The emir also criticised Israeli actions in Syria and Lebanon, adding that the international response would show whether international law was being applied equally. asserted
law → criticise → Syria
Turkey warns against wider war asserted
Turkey → warn → war
In his speech at the General Assembly, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained and said Turkey was working with other countries to end the fighting in the Gulf. asserted
Turkey → call → Gulf
He added that letting the war spread to neighbouring countries would help no one. asserted
war → add → one
On Gaza, Erdoğan described the territory as the “most inhumane and shameful concentration camp of our time” and urged UN members to increase pressure on Israel. asserted
Erdoğan → describe → Israel
He also called on countries that have not recognised Palestine to reconsider their position. asserted
that → call → position
During his fiery speech, the Israeli delegation left the hall. asserted
delegation → leave → hall
The Turkish president also criticised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's absence from the General Assembly. asserted
president → criticise → Assembly
Abbas could not attend after the US denied him a visa for the second consecutive year. uncertain
US → attend → year
Erdoğan renewed his demand for UN Security Council reform, arguing that decisions affecting more than 190 countries should not depend on its five permanent members. asserted
decisions → renew → members
He repeated his long-standing slogan that the “world is bigger than five” and said international law should not be applied differently to strong and weak countries. asserted
law → repeat → countries
Jordan says international inaction is a choice Jordan's King Abdullah contrasted the international response to Israel with the sanctions, asset freezes, embargoes and diplomatic isolation used in other conflicts. When it came to Israel, he said, resolutions had repeatedly remained on paper. asserted
resolutions → say → paper
He called the failure to act a political “choice” and said the problem was not a lack of available tools. The Hashemite kingdom's monarch accused Israel of seizing land, expanding settlements and allowing settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and said that forced displacement constitutes a war crime. asserted
displacement → call → crime
He described Gaza and the occupied West Bank as two parts of an effort to make a viable Palestinian state impossible. asserted
state → describe → effort
King Abdullah said decades of managing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict instead of tackling its causes had allowed temporary measures to become permanent policy. asserted
measures → say → causes
He also warned that Israeli actions in southern Syria, including territorial expansion around water resources, posed a direct threat to Jordan’s northern border and water security. asserted
actions → warn → border
On Iran, King Abdullah said the war was hurting trade and investment and raising energy and food bills worldwide. asserted
war → say → bills
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