Pakistan, June 18 -- Qatar has confirmed that it supported Pakistan-led mediation in the Iran-US peace process, a statement that has undercut Indian media attempts to minimise Islamabad's role in one of the region's most sensitive diplomatic breakthroughs.

"We are supporting the Pakistani-led mediation, working within the mediation team in support of the efforts of our brothers in Pakistan. We must praise the role Pakistan has played to get us to this point, and the role that they will play forward as the main mediator between the US and Iran," Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dr Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari said during a media briefing on Tuesday.

This clarification has come in the midst of fierce propaganda from Indian media seeki...