Say hello to $200 oil: US strikes Iran amid Qatar peace talks
The United States has launched what it described as “self-defence strikes” on targets in southern Iran, even as senior Iranian officials arrived in Qatar for negotiations aimed at securing a broader peace agreement with Washington, reports a Qazinform News Agency correspondent.
According to the U.S. Central Command, the strikes targeted missile launch sites and Iranian vessels that were allegedly attempting to deploy naval mines in the region.
Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran were “proceeding nicely” and called for a broader expansion of the Abraham Accords, urging several Middle Eastern and Muslim-majority nations to join what he described as a historic regional peace initiative.