On the 16th local time, in response to Qatar's previous statement denying the seizure of Iranian pilots, Mohammed Bagherzad, head of the Missing Persons Search Committee of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, called on the Qatar government to allow the Iranian Air Force expert team to enter and carry out on-site investigations. Bagherzad said that an investigation team composed of Iranian air force experts has been waiting for months to go to Qatar to investigate the relevant situation, but due to delays and obstructions on the part of the Chadian side, related work has not progressed so far. He stressed that the Qatari government should stop procrastinating and allow the Iranian fact-finding team to enter the country, while calling on the ICRC to intervene in the investigation. Furthermore, Bagherzad also issued a warning to Kuwait, accusing the Kuwaiti government of also delaying reporting the whereabouts of the four Iranians detained in its territory.

On the 16th local time, in response to Qatar's previous statement denying the seizure of Iranian pilots, Mohammed Bagherzad, head of the Missing Persons Search Committee of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, called on the Qatar government to allow the Iranian Air Force expert team to enter and carry out on-site investigations. Bagherzad said that an investigation team composed of experts from the Iranian Air Force has been waiting for months to go to Qatar to investigate the relevant situation, but due to delays and obstruction by the Chadian side, related work has not progressed so far. He stressed that the Qatari government should stop procrastinating and allow the Iranian fact-finding team to enter the country, while calling on the ICRC to intervene in the investigation. Furthermore, Bagherzad also issued a warning to Kuwait, accusing the Kuwaiti government of also delaying reporting the whereabouts of the four Iranians detained in its territory.