Name: Qatar PM holds call with Iran's FM, condemns attacks as breach of sovereignty and international law
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Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman bin Jassim Al Thani has held a phone call with Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Arachi.

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The Prime Minister categorically denies claims by Iran that the missile attacks were directed solely at US interests.

I understand that this has come as a result of a statement that's been released from the government and it is a long statement.

Just talk us through what we've been hearing about this.

This is a very important statement because it was signaled the first time Qatar has had contact with Iran since this war began five days ago.

I went to a press conference only on Tuesday where they were saying there was no contact with Iran.

But the missiles that had been volleying over from cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and also numerous drones, as well as some aircraft coming into the territory, was an attack on Qatar's sovereignty.

It was an attack on its energy, on its civilian infrastructure and its military infrastructure.

So this phone call between Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman and Jasmine Thani and also Abbas Iraq, she from the Ministry of Foreign affairs in in Iran signals not only this first connection, but

this disconnect between the two, where Iran saying, no, we've only been aiming towards US interests across the Gulf region and in Qatar, and

essentially they're disagreeing, saying absolutely not.

And this rhetoric from Qatar just hasn't changed.

It's been very stable from the press conference I went to from the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign affairs, where essentially saying Iran cross every single red line by attacking the country.

Not only had it attacked Aloudade Airbase, which houses the US Air Force, but

Qatar built it, it has Qatar's air force there, but

also other areas, such as Hamad International Airport, a major travel hub in the country that has thousands of people coming through on a daily basis, and

Now, there has been a lull in any anything being volleyed over this evening.

So far, only at dawn, we know two cruise missiles and a number of drones came in.

So, yeah, we're going to wait to hear more.

But they did say they have every right to respond to this.

Interestingly, Iran's President Maslow Pizzashkin has just posted on X and he's posted a statement both in Arabic and in Farsi.

Your Majesty's heads of friendly and neighboring states, we have strived alongside you and through diplomacy to avoid war.

But the American Zionist military aggression has left us no choice but to defend ourselves.

We believe that security and stability of the region must be achieved through the collective efforts of its states.

That statement coming out from Masud Peseschkian.

But at the same time, of course, we have been seeing successive strikes across the Gulf today.

And in the past few minutes, there's been a message from Bahrain's Interior Ministry saying that they are sounding the sirens, that they have been under attack, warning people to be vigilant and stay safe.

We know that Kuwait has also said they've been under attack from armed groups from Iraq that could possibly be supporting what Iran is doing in the region.

And they said there were civilian casualties as well as casualties in the military.

So they actually summoned their charge, the fed from Iraq, handing him a protest letter saying that they will respond to this.

We've seen a huge amount of attacks towards the United Arab Emirates, not just at dawn today, but

There were around 121 drones sent in from the Islamic Republic of Iran at dawn this morning and also three ballistic missiles.

Some of that debris landed inside the country.

And essentially the United Arab Emirates are seeing much of its civilian infrastructure also being hit, as well as military targets.

So, yes, there seems to be this message, but

also reiterated in this message from Qatar's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs saying we're being dragged into a war that we never wanted to be part of.

And historically, this has been a major hub for mediation.

This has been a major soft power for Qatar.

So they are absolutely rejecting this and said that they can respond.

Laura, for now, thank you very much indeed.