Iranian Foreign Minister says the Qatari delegation's visit to Iran is within the context of talks in the region. US sanctions will impact on regional ties.

• Consultations are cocontinuouslyntiunously underway with Pakistan to resolve technical problems more quickly.

Qatari shuttle diplomacy with Tehran is a familiar pattern: Doha has historically positioned itself as the intermediary acceptable to both Washington and Iran, and visits framed as regional talks have in the past carried sanctions-related or de-escalation messages rather than anything bilateral. The reference to US sanctions impacting regional ties reads as standard Iranian framing rather than a new position. For energy desks the distinction that matters is between diplomatic noise and anything touching physical flows: headlines of this kind have tended to move crude only at the margin unless they alter expectations on sanction enforcement, Iranian export volumes, or shipping risk in the Gulf. The mention of Pakistan consultations sits outside that channel and carries little market weight on its own. What has historically mattered after such visits is any follow-on readout naming nuclear talks, enforcement shifts, or mediation mandates, rather than the visit itself. Absent that, this is context, not a catalyst.