Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, during a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, in July 2025. Jeenah Moon/Reuters/File
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani said in a statement that his country continues to back “de-escalation efforts” after a phone call with Iran’s top national security official.
Al-Thani, who also serves as Qatar’s foreign minister, said he spoke by phone today with the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, discussing “the latest developments in the region” among other topics.
The prime minister “reaffirmed the State of Qatar’s backing of all de-escalation efforts, as well as peaceful solutions to enhance security and stability in the region,” the statement concluded.
The statement came soon after Larijani called US President Donald Trump one of the “main killers of the people of Iran” in a post on X after Trump said that he had canceled any meetings with Iranian officials due to protester deaths.
