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Qatar rejects Iran's pilot claims, says it recovered one body

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Qatar denied on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace earlier this year and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them.

Doha contacted Tehran, but its outreach went unanswered © Mena Today 

Doha contacted Tehran, but its outreach went unanswered © Mena Today 

Qatar denied on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace earlier this year and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them.

A Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson said on X that search and rescue teams later found the remains of one of the pilots and that it had contacted Iran to coordinate a handover.

The spokesperson said Tehran had yet to respond to an invitation to review details of its operations.  

Reporting by Hatem Maher and Ahmed Tolba

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