Ammon News - Qatari mediators presented Iran with a new draft deal on Sunday to end the ​war with the US and Israel, and Tehran is ‌expected to send a response to the draft by the end of the week, an official briefed on the negotiations said on Wednesday.

The ​new draft being considered by Iran sets a seven-day ​timeline addressing both Tehran's and Washington's concerns, laying out ⁠daily confidence-building steps that each side must take, the official ​said.

The timeline could begin early next week and several countries would ​act as guarantors of the deal, the official added.

Qatar, along with Pakistan, has led mediation to end the war that the US and Israel ​launched in February. The conflict has disrupted global shipping and ​oil supplies and spilled over across other parts of the Middle East.

There ‌were ⁠concerns ahead of Sunday's meeting in Tehran that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fighting for another term in a general election, could resume attacks on the Islamic Republic this week, the official ​briefed on the ​negotiations said.

On Friday, ⁠US President Donald Trump repeated threats to strike Iran again, while Iranian security officials told ​Reuters Tehran had drawn up detailed plans to ​attack Gulf undersea ⁠cables if the US and Israel resumed attacks.

Earlier mediation efforts helped produce an interim peace agreement in June, but the deal ⁠quickly unravelled.

In ​recent weeks Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have ​launched repeated attacks against Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude exporter.


Reuters