Qatar Rejects Iran Allegations

Qatar’s International Media Office said The Washington Post’s reporting “shifted over time,” but that the “underlying narrative in its reporting remained fundamentally unchanged despite the facts and information presented to it.”

In its rebuttal, the media office faulted the newspaper’s approach, saying it is the responsibility of “prestigious media institutions, such as the Washington Post, to adhere to the highest journalistic standards,” and calling it “extremely unfortunate” that it was used as a platform for a “media disinformation campaign.”

The IMO used explicit language rejecting the premise of the allegations: “Any suggestion that operational decisions relating to energy production were – or have ever been – made in coordination with Iran, for Iran’s benefit, or to influence the course of the conflict is entirely unfounded.”

Qatar said it would “always prioritise the safety of its people over commercial considerations,” adding that “any attempt to reinterpret or mischaracterise the situation” is “baseless,” and warned that mischaracterising the case risks “misleading readers and distorting the facts.”