Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land
Qatar denied last week that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace earlier this year.
An Iranian military official has called on Qatar to transfer detained Iranian pilots to a hospital on land. According to Tasnim news agency, the official, Mohammad Baqerzadeh, commander of the Committee for the Search for Missing Persons of Iran's Armed Forces General Staff, said the pilots were being held in a poor location and were in poor physical condition.
The location where the pilots are being held is described as unsuitable by the Iranian official. He requested that the International Committee of the Red Cross send an air ambulance to Qatar to help return the detainees to Iran.
The Iranian official's request comes as the pilots are reportedly being held on water. Middle East Eye reported that Baqerzadeh urged Qatar to expedite the return of injured and sick detainees to Iran.
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