U.S. President Donald Trump says no extra assaults shall be made by Israel pertaining to this extraordinarily essential and helpful South Pars Area. File image
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U.S. President Donald Trump stated late on Wednesday (March 18, 2026) that Israel carried out the assault on Iran’s South Pars gasoline area, and the U.S. and Qatar weren’t concerned in it.
Mr. Trump additionally stated Israel wouldn’t make any extra assaults on Iranian amenities in South Pars until Iran attacked Qatar, warning that the U.S. would assault these amenities if Iran acted towards Doha.
“The USA knew nothing about this specific assault, and the nation of Qatar was by no means, form, or kind, concerned with it, nor did it have any concept that it was going to occur,” Mr. Trump wrote on Reality Social.
Israel has not publicly claimed duty for the South Pars assault. In line with the Wall Avenue Journal and Axios, Mr. Trump knew of Israel’s plan to assault the Iranian a part of the world’s largest pure gasoline deposit prematurely and supported it. Iran shares the South Pars area with Qatar, an in depth U.S. ally.
Iran had stated earlier that Israel struck its amenities in South Pars on Wednesday (March 18) in a significant escalation within the U.S.-Israeli struggle on Iran that despatched oil costs taking pictures greater.
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Tehran retaliated by promising assaults on oil and gasoline targets all through the Gulf, firing missiles at Saudi Arabia and in addition hitting Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial Metropolis, an energy-industry hub.
Doha rebuked Israel for a “harmful and irresponsible” assault on Iran’s South Pars amenities, and condemned Iran for what it known as “a flagrant breach” of worldwide regulation, expelling two senior Iranian diplomats.
Mr. Trump wrote on social media that Iran “unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Fuel facility.”
“NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extraordinarily essential and helpful South Pars Area until Iran unwisely decides to assault a really harmless, on this case, Qatar – By which occasion the US of America, with or with out the assistance or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the whole lot of the South Pars Fuel Area.”
The U.S. and Israel launched the struggle on Iran on February 28. The assaults have killed 1000’s in Iran, together with its supreme chief and safety chief.
Tehran has responded with its personal assaults towards Israel and Gulf international locations that host U.S. navy bases. The struggle has shaken markets and induced unprecedented disruption to grease provides fuelling a surge in costs.
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