Can Qatar's seven-day plan stop a new US strike on Iran?

Qatar has put a new seven-day plan to Iran, with daily confidence-building steps by both sides. Mediators delivered it in Tehran. Reports say Iran is reviewing it, though a senior Iranian official told Reuters no new plan exists.

From Washington, the Wall Street Journal reports JD Vance wrote to Iran's security council chief, asking whether diplomacy could still avert strikes. Trump denied the letter contained such content. He said Vance's initiative was about Iran needing help obtaining medical supplies and other items, and that he had told Vance it was fine to proceed.

Qatar's draft was handed over on Sunday, October 25. Iran's answer is expected by the end of the week. Reports have repeatedly raised the possibility that the US and Israel could strike after the midterm vote on November 3.