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The Qatari Bridge Between the U.S. and Iran

by Gulf State Analytics

6 September 2023

In this paper we discuss:

• Qatar’s facilitation of the August 10 prisoner swap agreement between the U.S. and Iran;
• Qatar’s role in this agreement between Washington and Tehran;
  
• Why the U.S.-Iran agreement may not hold given many complications and political pressures in Washington and Tehran; and
  
• The critical role played by Quatar in facilitating backchannel negotiations that produce tangible results in the Gulf.

 

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