Iran reply, Qatar mediation Iraq exit draws mixed views

Sep 29–30

DD India reports Iran receiving Washington's response to its latest ceasefire proposal and says the foreign minister presented the proposal to President Masoud Pezeshkian. Reports suggest broad agreement on steps but disagreement over sequencing; no settlement is reported. Majed Al Ansari says Qatar continues meetings and message exchanges, including contacts in New York, seeks common ground and supports Pakistani mediation. Trump says Iran is doing poorly and will eventually give up, without a timetable, and claims historically high oil transit through Hormuz while repeating his nuclear-weapons objective. The package reports remaining U.S. forces leaving Iraq, with targeted training and intelligence support continuing. Baghdad resident Ahmed Saleh welcomes the departure as an end to occupation; Erbil resident Azad Hassan fears an ISIS return and distrusts the authorities. The closing retains uncertainty about ceasefire sequencing and Iraqi security. The forecasts and oil-flow claims are attributed.

Oman TV cites media sources saying Abbas Araghchi received Washington's response in Doha and conveyed it to Masoud Pezeshkian on returning to Tehran. Disagreement remains over which confidence-building steps come first. Al Sharq editor Jaber Al Harmi describes the U.S. demand for reopening Hormuz before relief and Iran's demand for port-blockade and frozen-asset relief first, discussing Qatari proposals for simultaneous steps and regional mediation. He advocates diplomacy but cautions that seven days would be difficult and only begin confidence building. No accepted agreement or reopened strait is established. DD India's September 30 package likewise reports receipt of Washington's response, while saying the foreign minister presented the proposal to Pezeshkian. It says reports suggest broad agreement on steps but continued disagreement over their order, retaining uncertainty in its closing. This compatible update supplies no accepted terms or implemented ceasefire.