US-Iran Mutual Attack, Pakistan to Qatar Busy De-escalating Regional Tensions

JAKARTA - Regional mediators are trying to defuse the escalation between the US and Iran while calling for further negotiations on the nuclear deal.

Dilansir ANTARA dari Anadolu, Jumat, 10 Juli, berbagai sumber dari negara mediator dan pejabat AS mengatakan kepada Axios, pemerintah di kawasan telah berusaha meredakan ketegangan Antara dua negara yang berkonflik.

Sources said officials from Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia made several phone calls with US and Iranian officials on Wednesday in an effort to reduce tensions.

"There have been extensive diplomatic efforts to first agree on de-escalation with both sides and then set a date for the next round of negotiations between technical teams," a regional source involved in the mediation said.

Meanwhile, a source from one of the mediator countries said the mediators believed that Iran's recent attacks in the Strait of Hormuz were carried out by parties within the Iranian regime who opposed the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran and sought to disrupt it.

Iran and the US have launched reciprocal attacks over the past two days amid an escalation after Iran's attack on three merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran then launched a series of attacks on Thursday against US military infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan in response to the US attacks on the second day.