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Iran Accuses Qatar of Secretly Holding Missing Warplane Pilots
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Key Points:
- Iran claims three Iranian air force pilots shot down by Qatar during the US-Iran conflict are alive and secretly held in Qatar, requesting the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit them.
- Qatar denies holding any prisoners, stating it recovered only one body, conducted search-and-rescue operations for the other three crew members, and invited Iranian officials to inspect the evidence, which Iran allegedly ignored.
- Qatar also asserts it tried to coordinate the return of the recovered pilot's remains to Iran.
- The dispute arises amid Qatar's efforts to mediate stalled US-Iran negotiations on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how unresolved military incidents complicate fragile regional diplomacy.
- Iran identifies the three pilots said to be alive as Javad Salehi, Abdolmajid Dashtian, and Omran Behraveshian, with Majid Kazemi reported as the pilot who died.
