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Qatar orders departure of two Iranian diplomats over gas facility attack
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High-rise buildings are pictured in the Doha skyline, in Qatar, on September 15, 2025. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
Qatar’s foreign ministry orders Iran’s military and security attachés, along with their staff, to leave the country within 24 hours, following an attack on the Gulf state’s massive natural gas facility.
“Both the military attaché and the security attaché in the embassy, in addition to those working in the two attaché offices, [are] persona non grata, and [Qatar] requests that they leave the state’s territories within a maximum period of 24 hours,” the ministry says in a social media post.
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