The tensions highlighted the diplomatic balancing act facing India, this year’s BRICS chair, as it attempts to navigate sharp disagreements between fellow members Iran and the UAE.
The OHCHR said that many people, including children, remain at risk of the death penalty under Iran's "broad and vague definition of national security crimes".
Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said that Qatar is keen to see an end to this war that is sustainable, that takes into account all of our concerns in the region and beyond.
Iran's defence ministry spokesman Reza Talaei-Nik highlighted that the US should accept the fact that it must abandon illegal and irrational demands to other countries.
This means more threats from both sides over Iran’s nuclear program and periodic flare-ups of violence between Israel and Iran, the US and Iran, or both.
