Donald Trump condemned Israel’s assault on the South Pars Gas Field, saying it had “violently lashed out” in anger — before warning that America itself would destroy the same target if Iran continued
Donald Trump has threatened to blow up Iran’s most strategically vital gas facility after publicly rebuking Israel for striking it first — insisting the US “knew nothing” about the attack.
The President took to Truth Social to condemn Israel’s assault on the South Pars Gas Field, saying it had “violently lashed out” in anger — before warning that America itself would destroy the same target if Iran continued attacking Qatar.
Trump wrote: “Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen.
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“Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility. NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar – In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.
“I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
It comes after Iranian missiles have struck several locations in Gulf countries overnight.
Qatar has condemned Iran’s “brazen” missile attack on its Ras Laffan gas facility, which the state energy company said caused “extensive damage”. Meanwhile, explosions have been reported at several sites in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with four people in the capital injured by falling shrapnel from intercepted missiles.
The attacks come just hours after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned it would target oil and gas facilities in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in retaliation for Israeli strikes on its South Pars gas field. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Majed Al Ansari, branded the Israeli attack “reckless and irresponsible”.
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