Donald Trump threatens to blow up entirety of South Pars gas field, Israel struck first without telling US
Following Iran’s retaliatory attacks, US President Donald Trump told Iran that he would blow up the “entire South Pars Gas Field” if the regime attacks Qatar again.
On Thursday, Israel launched an attack on the South Pars gas field in Iran; Mr. Trump now claims that this attack took place without the United States being notified.
“Israel, enraged by what is happening in the Middle East, violently attacked a major facility in Iran known as the South Pars Gas Field,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“A relatively small portion of the whole was hit. The United States had no knowledge of this particular attack.”
Following the attack, Iran responded by striking Qatar, which has largely stayed out of the growing conflict.
“The country of Qatar was not involved in this in any way and had no idea this was going to happen,” Mr. Trump said.
“Unfortunately Iran did not know this or any facts about the South Pars attack and unjustly and unjustly attacked part of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility.”
Attacks on the massive gas field and gas plant have led many to fear that tensions will escalate excessively.
Oil rose, gold and stocks fell as the world waited to see if the strike and retaliation was just a flare-up or a full-blown escalation.
Mr Trump said on Thursday: “There will be NO FURTHER ATTACKS BY ISRAEL on this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack, in this case Qatar.”
Mr. Trump, who has remained close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since returning to office in 2025, promised, with a big warning, that there would be no further attacks on the gas field.
If Iran attacked Qatar again, Trump said: “The United States will massively blow up the entire South Pars Gas Field, with or without Israel’s assistance or consent, with a force and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.”
It was a threat that Mr. Trump said he did not want to follow up on but warned that he would not hesitate to respond if pushed.
“I do not want to allow this level of violence and destruction because of the long-term consequences it will have on Iran’s future, but I will not hesitate to do so if Qatar’s LNG is attacked again.”
Pars is the Iranian sector of the world’s largest natural gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar across the Gulf.
Qatar’s state oil giant QatarEnergy reported “major damage” after the energy industry hub Ras Laffan Industrial City was hit by Iranian missiles on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted and destroyed four ballistic missiles launched towards Riyadh on Wednesday and an attempted drone attack on a gas facility in the east of the country.
The escalation threatens to worsen an unprecedented disruption to global energy supplies and raises political risks for Mr. Trump.
Diesel prices in the US rose above US$5 ($A7.10) per gallon for the first time since a 2022 inflation surge that eroded support for his predecessor Joe Biden.
The conflict, which has already halted shipping from the world’s most important energy-producing region, could now cause permanent damage to its infrastructure.
Benchmark Brent crude oil prices rose nearly five per cent to above US$108 ($A153). Stock markets fell.
