By Jayujyoti Mullick
President Donald Trump took to his social media account on Truth Social to clarify the attack at the South Pars gas field in Iran. Trump wrote, “the United States knew nothing about this particular attack.”
According to Trump, Israel had attacked a section of Iran’s major gas facility “out of anger” over the recent developments in the Middle East. The 47th President of the United States clearly pulled Qatar out of the suspicion, stressing that “in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen.”
He held Iran responsible for launching an unjustified strike on Qatar’s Liquefied Natural Gas infrastructure in Ras Laffan.
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Trump also sent a reminder to Israel to refrain from further attacks on the South Pars field. However, if Iran escalated by targeting Qatar further, he promised, the United States “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.”
“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,” wrote Trump.
“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,” he said.
“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,” added Trump.
The recent strikes on energy infrastructure have escalated the conflict. With the recent strike of Israel targeting the world’s largest natural gas reserve in South Pars, Iran is anticipated to prompt a sharp escalation from Tehran.
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Iran condemned the attack and has warned of “uncontrollable consequences.” They responded by launching missile strikes on energy facilities across the Gulf. Qatar reported Iranian missiles hitting its liquefied natural gas sites in Ras Laffan, causing major fires and extensive damage, with no reports of casualties.
Qatar had already ceased production due to the earlier conflict; further major damage could delay its return to global energy markets.
The energy industry across the world has already lashed out. Oil prices have surged rapidly with Brent crude rising about 50% since the conflict began. Amid the continued restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has further fueled supply concerns.