Qatar secures two-week window to prevent US attack on Iran
Doha’s diplomatic gambit buys time as Iran unveils new underground missile city and US Treasury Secretary moves to a military base.
Qatar secures two-week window to prevent US attack on Iran — Qatar’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, informed G7 foreign ministers in Paris that Doha secured at least two weeks to pursue diplomatic efforts to prevent a US attack on Iran.[^1] The announcement came as Iran released footage from a new underground ‘missile city’ of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force, displaying medium-range ballistic missiles of the Emad type.[^2] The dual moves—Qatari diplomacy and Iranian saber-rattling—underscore the narrow window for de-escalation. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently moved out of his home and onto a military base after Iranian threats against his life, according to a report.[^3] The threat environment is compounded by an indictment filed in the United States against Muhammad al-Saadi, a militia operative in Iraq with Iranian and Iraqi citizenship, for planning an attempted attack against American forces at RAF Fairford airbase in Britain.[^4] Meanwhile, a former Mossad official told the Jerusalem Post that the US and Iran are more likely to reach a deal to end the war than two months ago.[^5] The contrast between the diplomatic opening and the persistent threat of attack creates a volatile equilibrium. European leaders marked the anniversary of Kristallnacht with speeches condemning antisemitism, but Jewish communities in Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway continue to face threats and insecurity.[^6] In the Netherlands, about 700 antisemitic and anti-Israeli incidents have been recorded in the last two years, with 867 incidents in 2025 alone, as reporter Jonathan Roa interviewed Jews and Israelis living under growing pressure. Germany recorded 8,725 antisemitic incidents in 2025.[^6] The gap between official rhetoric and lived reality for Europe’s roughly 40,000 Jews in the Netherlands remains stark. House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as minority leader — House Republicans elected conservative Jim Jordan as minority leader in a secret ballot on Tuesday, while Senator John Thune was reelected Republican leader by acclamation. The leadership votes come as Democrats, who gained a majority in both houses o