### [2026-05-22](/feed/2026/05/22/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# A source citing Reuters says that a negotiating team from Qatar arrives in Tehran in an effort to secure a peace deal between the United States and Iran to end the war. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatari-negotiating-team-tehran-help-secure-us-iran-deal-end-war-says-source-2026-05-22/)
2. [Shafaq](https://shafaq.com/en/World/Qatar-joins-US-Iran-mediation-efforts-in-Tehran)

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