WASHINGTON, October 29. /TASS/. Mediators in the region have pressed Iran to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit nuclear infrastructure on its soil in exchange for some sanctions relief from the United States, Axios reported.

"Regional mediators led by Qatar are trying to reach a diplomatic deal to restart negotiations between the US and Iran and prevent the resumption of war after the [US] midterm elections," sources told the news website. The United States will hold congressional midterm elections on November 3. "The Qataris are working to convince Iran to allow UN inspectors to visit its bombed nuclear sites in return for some sanctions relief from the US," the Axios report reads. Iran insists that the US lift its naval blockade and release the Islamic Republic’s frozen funds.

A renewed US bombing may include "a week of massive strikes on Iranian leadership, energy, nuclear and infrastructure targets," Axios quoted US and Israeli officials as saying.

The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28. In June, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding calling for an immediate ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. However, the United States resumed large-scale attacks on Iran overnight to July 8, having accused it of breaching the existing agreements concerning the Strait of Hormuz, a global chokepoint for approximately 25% of oil and some 20% of LNG supplies.

The Trump administration recently signaled an end to any large-scale use of force against Iran and a transition to economic pressure on the Islamic Republic through sanctions instead.