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Qatar denied claims that it is holding three Iranian pilots in custody, contradicting Iranian assertions that the airmen have been detained since Doha shot down two Iranian fighter jets at the start of the US-Iran war. Iran says the pilots have been held since that engagement. The dispute highlights the unresolved fallout between Iran and Gulf states drawn into the war, and adds a detainee dimension to already strained ties. Neither side has publicly produced evidence to resolve the contradictory accounts.