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Qatar Prime Minister Urges De-escalation Amid Iran Strikes and Regional Tensions
Qatar’s prime minister called Iran’s attacks a dangerous miscalculation that risks regional instability and global market disruption, urging all sides to prioritize diplomacy.
- Speaking to Sky News, Qatar prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani urged all sides to de-escalate and rejected claims the strikes targeted only military sites.
- Iranian strikes have targeted international airports, water utilities and gas infrastructure, with twenty‑five percent hitting civilian facilities, raising humanitarian concerns and threatening global markets and food supplies.
- For a longtime mediator, Qatar expressed feeling betrayed by attacks from a neighbour and praised Qatar's defence and security forces amid a very difficult period.
- He warned the escalation could destabilise the region and global economy, calling renewed negotiations the only way to prevent further conflict while noting Gulf states remain integral.
- Addressing global audiences, the Qatar prime minister urged all sides to de‑escalate and called on the United States to reduce tensions to prevent regional spillover and wider war.
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Tensions between Iran and Arab countries have escalated significantly. Meanwhile, Qatar's Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman, has clarified that Iran has betrayed Arab countries and had pre-planned the attack. Iranian attacks on Gulf countries began within an hour of the US and Israeli strikes, further complicating the situation.
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