@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
Let's dig a bit into this critical topic the deepening relations between Qatar, the IRI & Hezbollah:⬇️
@JasonMBrodsky
Jason Brodsky
2 years
Iranian spectators wearing t-shirts with the lion and the sun flag are detained while Basij militiamen from #Iran are granted entry, no questions asked. Major non-NATO "ally" #Qatar once again reveals itself. U.S. policymakers should take note.
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@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
2. In July 2021, the US said it investigated Qatar over Israeli claims that the country financed the IRGC. This came shortly after then-President Rivlin furnished the White House with intel regarding “recent funding that Qatar provided the IRGC."
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@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
3. In Sep. 2021, the US and Qatar took coordinated action against Hezbollah financiers, as the US designated Qatar-based AlDar Properties was designated for being owned, controlled, or directed by, directly or indirectly, Hezbollah financier Sulaiman al-Banai.
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@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
4. Besides, the Al-Jazeera channel, which intensively covered the events of the "Arab Spring," deliberately avoided covering the #IranProtests2022 , apparently in accordance with the deepening relations between Qatar and Iran.
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@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
5. In May 2020, Al-Jazeera even published an animation praising Soleimani, "the warrior in the path of God," even though he actually commanded war crimes against Qatar's co-religious, millions of Sunnis, in Iraq and Syria.
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@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
6. In February 2022, Iran and Qatar signed 14 bilateral cooperation deals during a visit by Raisi to Doha. The visit symbolized Qatar being the leading partner of the IRI in the Persian Gulf.
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@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
7. In July 2020, @Jerusalem_Post revealed that a Qatari diplomat allegedly covered up Hezbollah terror funding
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@Yossi_Mansharof
Yossi Mansharof
2 years
8. Finally, Qatar was suspected of being complicit in smuggling Iran's weapons to Hezbollah. See here for examples:
@AlbinSzakola
Albin Szakola
4 years
The Qatar Airways Cargo flight made an 82-minute stop Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport (commercial hub for Iran Air and Mahan Air) before heading onward to Beirut
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