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Qatar declares two Iranian embassy officials persona non grata
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Qatar declared Iran’s military and security attaches persona non grata and ordered them and their attache-office staff to leave the country within 24 hours.
Why it matters
Qatar's Foreign Ministry designated the military attache and the security attache at Iran's embassy, and the staff of their attache offices, as persona non grata. The designation revokes those individuals' authorised diplomatic status in Qatar. The action requires the specified persons to leave the country within a maximum period of 24 hours. The decision covers both the named attache positions and associated attache-office personnel.
Implications
- · Immediate expulsion and exit-processing of the specified Iranian military and security diplomatic personnel.
- · Removal of in‑country Iranian military/security liaison capacity handled by those attaches.
- · Suspension or closure of activities performed by the two attache offices and their staff.
Who is affected
- · Iranian embassy military and security diplomatic personnel
- · Attache-office staff
- · Qatar diplomatic protocol and consular officials
What to watch
- · Departure deadline: within 24 hours of March 19, 2026
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