Attack on US military base in Qatar 'act of self-defence': Iran

A day after the attack on US base in Qatar Iran on Tuesday stated that the military strikes on the US base AlUdeid were an act of selfdefence and had nothing to do with Qatar reported the IANSIran reportedly fired six missiles towards American military bases in Iraq and Qatar on Monday following the US attack on the Iranian nuclear sitesIranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei stated that the strikes were a response to unprovoked aggression from the United StatesIrans military strikes on American military base AlUdeid was in exercise of our selfdefence under Article 51 of the UN Charter in response to the United States unprovoked aggression against Irans territorial integrity and national sovereignty that took place on June 22 2025 Baqaei said in a post on XIranrsquos military strikes on American military base lsquoAlUdeidrsquo was in exercise of our selfdefense under Article 51 of the UN Charter in response to the United Statesrsquo unprovoked aggression against Iranrsquos territorial integrity and national sovereignty that took place on 22 Junehellipmdash Esmaeil Baqaei IRIMFA_SPOX June 24 2025This act of selfdefence had nothing to do with our friendly neighbour Qatar as we enjoy excellent and deeply rooted relationships he addedThe Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that Iran is determined to prevent Israel or the US from creating divisions between neighbouring countriesIran remains fully committed to its goodneighbourliness policy with respect to the State of Qatar and other neighbouring countries We resolve not to let USIsraeli criminal aggressions and malign policies against Iran create division between us and the brotherly countries of the region the post addedAccording to reports there have been no major impacts of the missile attack on the US bases in Qatar as American Patriot missile defence systems intercepted Iranian missilesMeanwhile Qatar on Tuesday sent a letter to SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and Carolyn RodriguesBirkett Permanent Representative of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of June requesting that it be circulated to the members of the Security Council and issued as an official document of the Council according to the IANSIranIsrael war LIVE updatesIn the letter addressed by Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif AlThani to the members of the Security Council and the UN SecretaryGeneral the State of Qatar informed them of an extremely dangerous escalation that represents a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State of Qatar posing a direct threat to regional peace and security read a statement issued by Foreign Ministry of Qatar the IANS reported on TuesdayThe letter noted that on Monday evening the State of Qatar was subjected to a missile attack by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard targeting AlUdeid Air Base which was successfully intercepted by Qatari air defences the statement further readThe Qatari Foreign Ministry also stressed that the continuation of such escalating military actions would undermine security and stability in the region and drag it into situations that would have disastrous repercussions for international peace and securityIt called for an immediate cessation of all military actions and a serious return to the negotiating table and dialoguewith IANS inputs