He added that Qatar “was in no way, shape, or form involved” and had no prior awareness of the attack, arguing that Iran’s retaliatory strike on a Qatari LNG facility was “unjustified.”
Trump also warned that no further Israeli strikes on the South Pars field will occur unless Iran escalates again. In that case, he said the U.S. would respond forcefully, stating it could “completely destroy” the facility with overwhelming power if Iran targets Qatar again.
quotingAccording to Israeli officials cited by Axios, this morning’s Israeli Air Force strike on a natural gas processing facility in southern Iran was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration, despite earlier U.S. objections to targeting Iranian energy infrastructure.
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It remains unclear whether other regional countries—such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, or the United Arab Emirates—were consulted, even as their oil and gas facilities could be among the most exposed to potential Iranian retaliation.
