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military and economic interests are in focus after Mohsen Rezaei, a top Iranian security official, told Qatar's foreign minister that Iran would target them if Washington initiates hostile actions against Tehran.
The next confirmable signal is any U.S. government response, and Doha is now the relay point for that exchange. The setting carries its own weight.
A warning delivered inside a meeting with a foreign minister is different from a public broadcast; routing it through Qatar gives the statement a diplomatic address rather than a domestic one, which points toward an intended audience in Washington.
Rezaei kept the conditionality intact: Iran responds only if the U.S. That places the stated trigger in Washington's hands.
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