Qatar and China Join Forces to Restart US-Iran Talks
๐๏ธ DOHA โ Qatar just added Beijing to the mediation table; that changes the ask. ๐ LOOK CLOSER: Every prior channel โ Oman, Pakistan โ ran on Western-tolerated neutrality. China co-mediating reframes this as a multilateral process Washington cannot quietly veto. Beijing gains diplomatic visibility at Iran's most vulnerable moment; Tehran gains cover. The price: any deal China brokers carries implicit Chinese terms on post-war Gulf access. Washington's next move signals whether it treats this as help or pressure.