President Donald Trump will meet the Prime Minister of key mediator Qatar on Monday (November 9, 2026) as efforts to end the Iran war ramp up following last week’s midterm elections, though senior U.S. and Gulf officials cast doubt on the chances of an imminent deal. U.S.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who is both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, will meet Mr. Trump and Vice President J. D. Iran’s proposal to end the war involves an end to the U.S. blockade of its ports, the lifting of some sanctions, and a halt to bombing in return for Tehran stopping its own blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, with talks on its nuclear programme and other sanctions to follow.
Vance in Washington later on Monday (November 9, 2026) after having visited Tehran last week.
Mutual attacks continue, with the U.S. striking Iran’s Qeshm island overnight, according to Iranian state media, and Iran attacking tankers in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz this month while its Yemeni Houthi allies have hit Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has repeatedly rejected that plan, which Iran has said could be condensed to a two-day timeframe, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday (November 8, 2026) describing Tehran’s conditions as “outrageous and ridiculous and really not realistic”.
Senior U.S. Republicans including Mr. Vance have blamed their party’s dire showing in last week’s elections on the Iran war, but despite growing domestic political pressure to end the conflict, Mr.
On Sunday (November 8, 2026) Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi group said it had struck an office building of Saudi state oil company Aramco in Riyadh.
Rubio said he did not believe a diplomatic breakthrough was imminent. The Saudi Energy Ministry said an attack had blown out windows across several floors of a building in the city’s financial district, without assigning responsibility.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei defended the plan on Monday (November 9, 2026) as the most reasonable offer on the table.
