ICYMI: UANI Exposes Location of Hamas–Iran Meeting at Qatar’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel

(New York, NY) — United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) wrote to Marriott International expressing concern that Hamas terrorist leaders and senior Iranian officials were hosted at a hotel it manages (the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Doha, Qatar). The hotel was the site of a meeting that took place just days before Israeli fighter jets struck the Qatari capital last week.

A photograph showing senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya in direct talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and his Tehran-based delegation inside the luxury hotel’s meeting rooms was circulated online and identified by UANI as the Ritz-Carlton.

The Daily Mail broke the story as an exclusive, reporting on UANI’s discovery and highlighting UANI CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace’s letter to Marriott International, warning that hosting Hamas posed “exceptional reputational and legal risks.” Wallace called on the hotel group to respond publicly and transparently about its decision to host members of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

The story was quickly picked up by The Express and The Mirror, with the former writing: “Explosive intelligence sources from United Against Nuclear Iran have confirmed the damning photograph shows senior Hamas butcher Khalil al-Hayya in face-to-face talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and his Tehran death squad delegation.”

These revelations shine a spotlight on Qatar’s continued enabling of terrorist groups and Iran’s role in Hamas operations—even from inside a Western-branded luxury hotel chain headquartered in the United States.

To read Ambassador Wallace's letter to Marriott International, click here.