Qatari foreign minister said on Friday that Doha wants Iran and the United States to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iran PressAmerica: "We urge Iran and the United States to return to the JCPOA and not to escalate," Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman, who is in Washington, told a news conference with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. 

"Iran is our neighbor. Iran is a country that we need to maintain a good neighborhood relationship with them," Abdul Rahman was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. "This relationship has never been at the account of our alliance with the US or our relationships with other countries.  We use this relationship as a good way to engage, to communicate, to facilitate if there are any needs from our allies here in the US that we can support with Iran."

"A relationship, sometimes it means that it’s agreement and disagreement.  It’s not only an agreement on everything.  But we disagree with Iran in policies in the region, different policies in the region, but it doesn’t mean that we are not engaging with them.  We are talking to them, trying to understand each other, trying to narrow the gap, and trying to bring more stability to our region. It’s not in anyone's interest,... we don’t want to see a nuclear race. So we see that the nuclear issue is a very eminent issue that needs to be addressed as soon as possible."

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