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Sen. Chris Murphy Presses Gulf Leaders for Diplomatic Path to End Iran War

He is seeking Saudi backing for talks to halt the conflict and advance a Palestinian state.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Pro Palestinian protesters against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war in Gaza and Iran walk down 2nd Avenue and block the avenue next to the United Nations (U.N.) on September 24, 2026, in New York City. Netanyahu delivered an address at the U.N. today during the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting. Numerous protests against the Israeli leader are planned throughout Manhattan. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 14: Mourners holding placards gather commemorating the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as clerics and other religious figures attend a memorial service for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Grand Mosalla of Tehran on July 14, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei was buried in his hometown of Mashhad earlier this week after days of funeral ceremonies in Iran and Iraq. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) questions U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. In his first public hearing since the start of the war in Iran, Rubio is testifying on the State Department’s FY2027 budget request. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Murphy traveled to the Gulf beginning Oct. 3 and met Qatar’s emir and other senior officials to push for diplomacy with Iran.
  • In Doha he met Ali Al Thawadi, who Murphy said urged pursuing an agreement with Tehran rather than resuming strikes.
  • Murphy later met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to press for Riyadh’s help ending the Iran war and backing a pathway to a Palestinian state.
  • He praised American university campuses in Qatar’s Education City as a form of U.S. soft power while also reiterating past criticisms such as the Qatar luxury plane to President Trump.
  • Murphy called for congressional scrutiny of alleged war profiteering but offered no public evidence for specific companies, and his claim to be the region’s “first Democrat” since the war began was disputed by recent congressional travel reports.