President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up the world's largest natural gas field, located in the Persian Gulf, if Iran doesn't stop its attacks on Qatar.
"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," Trump said in a detailed statement posted on Truth Social, referring to Iran's attacks on Qatar's energy infrastructure Wednesday in retaliation for an Israeli strike on the sprawling South Pars natural gas field.
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