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Iran FM says strikes targeted US interests, not Qatar; Doha rejects claim
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani that Iranian missile attacks were directed at US interests and not at Qatar.
Qatar’s top diplomat “categorically rejected” that claim and called for an immediate halt to Iran’s attacks, the Qatari Foreign Ministry says on X.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman says his country will confront any aggression with its “right to self-defense,” stressing that Doha has always been inclined towards dialogue and diplomacy conducted in good faith.
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