DONALD Trump has warned Iran the US will “massively blow up” its most prized gas field if it dares strike Qatar again.
In a late-night Truth Social post, the US president issued a chilling ultimatum after Tehran’s missiles hammered a key Qatari energy hub.
He 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.”
Trump insisted America was not involved in the Israeli strike, adding: “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.”
But Iran hit back anyway, and paid the price diplomatically.
“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,” Trump said.
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In a blunt warning, the president wrote: “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.
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“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.”
Trump made clear he wants to avoid escalation, but won’t hesitate.
“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,” he added.
The explosive warning came as the Middle East spiralled deeper into an all-out energy war.
Iran launched revenge strikes across the region on Wednesday night after Israel hit the vast South Pars field.
The site is responsible for around three-quarters of Iran’s gas production.
At least one missile slammed into Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial zone – home to the world’s biggest LNG processing plant – causing “extensive damage” and sparking a major fire.
Furious Qatari officials branded the strike a “flagrant violation and direct threat to national security”, and kicked out Iranian diplomats, giving them just 24 hours to leave.
Saudi Arabia was also targeted, with ballistic missiles fired towards Riyadh.
Air defences shot them down, but falling debris injured four civilians and sent panic through the capital.
The rogue regime had earlier vowed to “severely strike” energy infrastructure across the region, threatening to cripple global supplies.
Oil markets were rocked, with prices surging towards $110 a barrel as fears of a wider energy crisis gripped the world.
Tehran even warned oil workers across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to evacuate, declaring energy sites “legitimate targets”.
The chaos comes after US and Israeli forces hammered Iranian military sites, including missile bases threatening the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane.
Meanwhile, Israel has continued to take out top Iranian figures, killing intelligence minister Esmail Khatib in the latest strike.
And Mossad spies have been dialling up Iranian police and security officials with blunt ultimatums to either abandon the regime or face the same fate as its flailing leaders.
Israel is attempting to make the officers defect and help fuel an uprising within Tehran, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The calls, reviewed by the WSJ, are part of a wider Israeli scheme aimed at cracking Iran‘s brutal security machine from the inside.
