QatarEnergy’s liquefied pure fuel (LNG) manufacturing services, amid the U.S.-Israeli battle with Iran, in Ras Laffan Industrial Metropolis, Qatar March 2, 2026.
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Qatar, on Thursday (March 19, 2026), declared Iran’s army and safety attaches “persona non grata” and ordered them to depart the nation inside 24 hours, following Iran’s assault on an enormous fuel facility in Qatar.
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“Qatar considers each the army attache and the safety attache on the embassy, along with the workers of the 2 attache places of work “persona non grata”, and requests that they go away the nation inside a most interval of (24) hours,” Qatar’s Overseas Ministry mentioned in an announcement.
The choice was introduced throughout a gathering on Wednesday (March 18, 2026) between Director of Protocol on the Ministry of Overseas Affairs Ibrahim Yousif Fakhro, and Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Ali Salehabadi.
“The ministry defined that this resolution is available in response to repeated Iranian concentrating on and the blatant aggression in opposition to the State of Qatar, which violated its sovereignty and safety, in a flagrant breach of the ideas of worldwide regulation, United Nations Safety Council Decision No. (2817), and the ideas of excellent neighbourliness,” the assertion added.
Qatar mentioned that the continuation of this hostile strategy by Iran shall be met with “further measures”, including that Qatar “reserves the best to take all mandatory measures to guard its sovereignty and safety, in accordance with the provisions of worldwide regulation.”
Revealed – March 19, 2026 01:57 pm IST