{
  "id": 2556046,
  "title": "Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land, Tasnim says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/iranian-official-urges-qatar-to-move-detained-pilots-to-hospital-on-2556046",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T10:22:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-official-urges-qatar-move-detained-pilots-hospital-land-tasnim"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-will-be-forced-to-leave-region-and-apologize-says-iranian-official",
        "published": "2026-08-22T07:26:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land, Tasnim says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/iranian-official-urges-qatar-to-move-detained-pilots-to-hospital-on",
        "published": "2026-08-22T10:10:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Iranian official urges Qatar to move detained pilots to hospital on land",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/iranian-official-urges-qatar-to-move-detained-pilots-to-hospital-on-2555490",
        "published": "2026-08-22T10:11:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}