Qatar secretly secured US approval for a financial arrangement with Iran that allowed billions of dollars to flow to Tehran in return for the safe passage of Qatari tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report cited by The Times of Israel from Israel Hayom.

Qatar held secret talks with Iran during the Israeli-US war on the Islamic Republic, offering to help disrupt global energy markets if Tehran spared the Ras Laffan gas field, The…

An official described the report as an example "of how hedging works behind the scenes with Gulf states and their communications with Iran.”