Qatar mediators head to Tehran for talks on potential US-Iran deal

The gap between Qatar's claim of a breakthrough and Tehran's more cautious framing is the real signal here: mediators often oversell momentum while the parties themselves keep expectations low. For markets with exposure to Gulf risk and energy flows, the relevant question is whether this procedural progress translates into substantive movement, or remains a channel for information exchange. Whether Tehran's language softens in the coming days is the open question.