Qatar urges Iran to 'show goodwill' by ending threats to the region and reopening the Strait of Hormuz

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. He said a Qatari delegation’s recent visit to Tehran was part of mediation efforts with Pakistan and other regional partners. Asked whether the delegation had carried a new proposal, Al Hashmi said messages and ideas were still being exchanged with both sides.