Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Iran to discuss normalizing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 28. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on the United States to cease economic pressure on Tehran and resume negotiations, and Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Iran was preparing conditions for the United States to meet before reopening the Strait of Hormuz.