Doha

On 8 September, Qatar said Doha was coordinating with China during a Beijing visit to restart Iran talks. It also said it had filed hundreds of UN letters contesting Tehran's account of Iranian strikes. This linked Doha's mediator role to a formal diplomatic case against Iran.

On 22 July, Qatar joined Egypt, Pakistan and Oman in submitting a ten-day Ceasefire proposal to Washington and Tehran. The proposal sought to reopen Strait of Hormuz navigation while further negotiations continued. For Doha, such initiatives preserve its place in the talks even when the parties have not agreed directly.

On 1 July, Washington, Tehran and Doha gave conflicting accounts of the same indirect talks. The United States called them positive, Iran ruled out an early meeting, and Qatar said frozen Iranian funds remained tied to progress. The disagreement left Doha hosting a process without a shared public account of its outcome.

On 10 July, a Qatari delegation travelled to Mashhad to meet Iran's foreign minister as part of a US-coordinated effort to reopen the Doha channel. The visit followed Iran's claim that it had struck a Qatari satellite antenna. For Doha, Mediation remained necessary even as its own security position worsened.

On 16 March, Iran fired ballistic missiles at Ras Laffan Industrial City after Israel struck South Pars. QatarEnergy reported extensive damage and fires at the complex, which handles 77 million tonnes of LNG each year. The attack made Qatar's Energy infrastructure part of the military pressure surrounding Doha.

On 3 July, QatarEnergy was operating at about 35% of capacity while tanker traffic through Hormuz remained FAR below its pre-crisis level. For Doha, the disruption showed that diplomatic access and physical security are both needed to restore the export system on which Qatar's international weight rests.