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Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land

  • A senior Iranian military official urged Qatar to move detained Iranian pilots from a waterborne facility to a hospital on land due to their deteriorating health.
  • Qatar denied holding Iranian pilots, stating they violated Qatari airspace and did not respond to contact attempts, and claimed to have coordinated the handover of one pilot's remains to Iran.
  • Qatar stated that their rescue teams thoroughly searched for the missing aviators and invited an Iranian team to review search operations, but Iran did not respond.
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Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land

An Iranian military official called on Qatar on Saturday to transfer ​detained Iranian pilots to a hospital on land, saying ‌they were being held on water and were in "poor physical condition", Tasnim news agency reported.

·London, United Kingdom
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The Iranian General Staff announced that the Qatari government had allowed the three pilots, whom they claim are being held captive in Qatar, to meet with the Iranian ambassador in Doha, and requested the Red Cross to send an air ambulance to bring the pilots back to Iran.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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LBCI Lebanon broke the news on Saturday, August 22, 2026.
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