Qatari emir due in Tehran for talks amid U.S. Iran tensions

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will travel to Tehran on Sunday for talks with senior Iranian officials, semi-official Mehr News Agency reported.

The Qatari emir is scheduled to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over bilateral and regional issues.

The visit comes days after Iraq turned into a scene of muscling between the United States and Iraq.

Qatar has urged both Iran and the United States to exercise self-restraint amid the escalating tensions and avoid "taking Iraq and the region into endless violence."