Key facts
- Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, stated Qatar confirmed Iranian strikes targeted U.S. military facilities.
- Baqaei claimed Iran's actions contrast with a "long record of deliberate attacks on civilian targets" by the U.S.
- A Qatari government document submitted to the ITU reportedly confirmed that Iran's strikes targeted U.S. military facilities and not civilian areas.
- The document allegedly noted one exception: an attack on a gas facility on March 18, which Baqaei stated served U.S. military aggression.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei asserted on Thursday that Qatar confirmed Iranian strikes were directed toward U.S. military facilities. Baqaei stated that Iran's actions stand in "stark contrast" to what he described as Washington's "long record of deliberate attacks on civilian targets," including schools, hospitals, and residential neighborhoods.
He added that there is a "vast difference between a civilized nation that has learned the importance of adhering to moral and humanitarian principles even under the most distressing circumstances, and warmongering rulers who observe no rule of law or ethics in their projection of power."
The Qatari government has confirmed, in an official document submitted to the ITU, that Iran’s defensive strikes against American forces stationed on Qatari soil "were directed towards US military facilities. […] No civilian areas have been targeted.” Baqaei noted that the sole exception alleged by Qatar was an attack against a gas facility on March 18, but stated that the facilities struck that day were serving U.S. military aggression against Iran.