Iran’s accusing Qatar of holding Iranian pilots an attempt to ‘flip narrative,’ analyst to 'Post'

Iran struck Qatar, Qatar defended itself, and Tehran is now seeking to recast its failed strategy as victimhood, a Gulf analyst tells the ‘Post’.

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

The US president says America will also hit Iran hard economically as Washington and Tehran struggle to reach a deal to end a nearly six-month conflict

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

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

DUBAI, Aug 16 - Iranian military official said on Sunday that Qatar should let an Iranian team in to investigate the fate of Iranian pilots who Tehran says are being held there, Iranian media said on Sunday.

Qatar denied Iran's claims about holding three captured military pilots. Iranian jets allegedly violated Qatari airspace during a March operation. Qatar stated it found remains of one pilot and attempted contact. Authorities defended their territory after receiving no response from the pilots. The denial comes amid

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.

Iran has called for the release of three Iranian pilots it said were captured by Qatar after two fighter jets werehit by air defences during a military operation at the start of the US-Iran war.

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

Iran claims they have been held since Qatar downed two fighter jets at the start of the US-Iran war.

Qatar categorically denied it was detaining any Iranian pilots on Saturday, after an Iranian general demanded that Doha release three aviators shot down early in the Middle East war.

Iran says Qatar is holding three pilots who were shot down in March. Doha decries 'misleading statements'.

Qatar ‘categorically denies’ detaining downed Iranian pilots  Arab News

Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one  Reuters

Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one Qatar denied on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace earlier this year and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them. A Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson said on X that search and rescue

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

Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one  Dawn

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.