Iran accuses Middle East war mediator Qatar of holding its missing pilots, delaying probe; Doha rejects claims

Mohammad Bagherzadeh said that a team of experts from the Iranian Air Force has been waiting for several months to travel to Qatar to conduct a probe.

Iran Says Pilots Missing After a Brazen Bombing Run Are Prisoners in Qatar  WSJ

Iran has accused Qatar of obstructing efforts to investigate the fates of the three pilots Tehran says were captured during the war.

TEHRAN: Iran accused Qatar on Sunday (Aug 16) of thwarting efforts to work out what happened to three pilots Tehran says were captured during the Middle East war, though the Gulf state has denied detaining them.The Islamic republic had previously reported one pilot killed and others missing after a sortie to Qatar in M

Qatar rejects Iranian claim it captured three bomber pilots alive  thenationalnews.com

Qatar has reported shooting two Su-24 bombers but denied holding any Iranian pilot.

Tehran said the three pilots "were captured alive" by Qatari forces after their fighter jets were shot down in the early days of the US-Israel war with Iran. Qatar has denied Iran's claims.

Tehran says Doha is holding three pilots whose aircraft went down early in the Middle East war.

Iran said the airmen have been held since March 2 when their fighter jets were shot down. The Qatari government denied the claims.

Iran says Qatar is holding three of its pilots who were reportedly captured when their jets were downed early in the war, but Qatar denies the allegations

Iran claims Qatar is holding pilots, Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon, and other Middle East news  AP News

Iranian authorities revealed on Saturday that three of Tehran’s pilots who went down early in the Middle East war were still being held in Qatar, calling on the Gulf state to release them. Iran had previously reported one pilot killed and others missing after a sortie to Qatar in March, but news of their alleged captur

Iran had previously said the other pilots were missing but news of their alleged capture was not publicized at the time.

Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon also killed at least nine people in the latest developments in the Iran war and wider Middle East.

Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East.

Last month, Iran's army said it had retrieved the body of Iranian pilot Majid Kazemi, who was killed during an attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in early March.