Tehran, Aug. 15 -- Three military pilots have been captured by Qatari forces after two Iranian Su-24 fighter jets were downed during a March operation against the US base in Qatar, Fars News Agency reported on Saturday.

According to Fars News Agency, Mohammad Bagherzadeh, Commander of the Search Committee for the Missing of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, said the three pilots have been identified as Javad Salehi, Abdol-Majid Dashtian, and Emran Behrushian. Bagherzadeh said they have been held by Qatari forces for the past six months.

He further claimed that the Qatari government has so far not allowed the three pilots to meet one another, be interviewed, or have contact with their families or Iranian officials pursuing their cas...