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Why would Iran need a base in Qatar? It's right next door. Iran and Qatar do (did?) have military cooperation agreements, not only economic. [1] That's not a N
by leereeves 7mo ago
Why would Iran need a base in Qatar? It's right next door.
Iran and Qatar do (did?) have military cooperation agreements, not only economic. [1] That's not a NATO style treaty but Qatar doesn't have a NATO style treaty with the US either.
1: https://web.archive.org/web/20251205012956/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/214868/Iran-Qatar-sign-defense-cooperation-agreement https://web.archive.org/web/20251205012956/https://www.tehra...
- tovej 7mo agoThat is still not an alliance. The US and Qatar have an alliance, which is why the US has bases in Qatar. If the bases of a belligerent nation is in a neighboring nation, participating in operations, then the neighboring nation is not a neutral party.