The Washington Post: Qatar pursues intensive mediation for an agreement between Iran and the US The American newspaper Washington Post reported behind the scenes on Qatar's diplomatic efforts to agree on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of Iran's naval blockade, as well as on secret assessments by the CIA regarding Tehran's readiness. According to an informed senior diplomat who did not want to be named, the Qatari mediators are in intensive negotiations for an agreement in which Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping in exchange for the lifting of the naval blockade on its ports by the United States. This diplomatic source added that the main obstacle to the agreement is the dispute over the scoring sequence; Washington wants to apply nuclear restrictions in the first stage, but Tehran opposes this demand. Meanwhile, an American official familiar with intelligence issues, who also asked not to be named, announced that based on confidential CIA assessments, Iran has satellites and sufficient reserves of food and fuel to neutralize the effects of the blockade and military pressure.