Tehran/Tel Aviv, (UNI) Iran threatened to attack oil and gas infrastructure in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates after the US and Israel conducted a joint strike on Iran’s largest natural gas facility at South Pars, in the country’s southwest, earlier on Wednesday.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency cited its oil ministry, saying that some of the infrastructure at South Pars was damaged, but no injuries were reported.
Later, an Iraqi official reported that Iranian gas flows to Iraq were halted after the attack on Iran’s Pars gas field.
Ownership of the South Pars field is shared between Iran and Qatar.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened counter strikes on several energy facilities across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar “in the coming hours” after state media reported that missiles had targeted Iranian gas facilities at the South Pars field, the largest gas reserves in the world.
The strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field were widely reported in Israeli media to have been carried out by Israel with the consent of the US.
Qatar’s foreign minister criticised Israel’s actions in an X post, saying that the strike could threaten global energy and security in the region.
“The Israeli targeting of facilities linked to Iran’s South Pars field, an extension of Qatar’s North Field, is a dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region,” said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Majed Al Ansari.
“Targeting energy infrastructure constitutes a threat to global energy security, as well as to the peoples of the region and its environment. We call on all parties to exercise restraint, adhere to international law, and work toward de-escalation in a manner that preserves the security and stability of the region,” he added.
The UAE’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the strikes on Iranian gas facilities, saying that “targeting energy facilities linked to the Pars field poses a threat to global energy security.”
Outlets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have published lists of potential targets: Ras Laffan and Mesaieed in Qatar, the SAMREF refinery and Jubail petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia, and the Al Hosn gas field in the United Arab Emirates.
US President Donald Trump weighed in after the strike, saying, “Iran is considered, by everyone, to be the NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR. We are rapidly putting them out of business.”
The Israeli airstrikes targeted facilities linked to South Pars and the onshore hub at Asaluyeh in Bushehr Province. South Pars, together with Qatar’s North Dome, forms the world’s largest natural gas field, holding an estimated 1,800 trillion cubic feet of gas and 50 billion barrels of condensate.
Iran’s share accounts for roughly 36 percent of its proven gas reserves and about 5.6 percent of global reserves, placing a central pillar of its economy at risk, according to reports.
