Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran threatens massive Gulf energy retaliation after intelligence chief killed, world's largest natural gas field attacked
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An Iranian missile attack caused damage at Qatar’s main gas facility, Ras Laffan Industrial City, on its north coast, its Defence Ministry said on Thursday (March 10, 2026).
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday (March 18, 2026) warned neighbouring Gulf nations that their oil and gas industries would be “completely destroyed” if Israel or the United States conducted any further attacks against Iranian energy infrastructure.
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“Our response will be much more severe than tonight’s attacks,” the Guards said in a statement, after striking the world’s largest gas hub, Ras Laffan in Qatar.
Earlier, Iran blamed Israel and the United States for strikes on its giant South Pars gas facility, with President Masoud Pezeshkian warning of “uncontrollable consequences” of energy infrastructure attacks. The United Arab Emirates and Qatar had separately condemned the strikes on Iran’s gas plant.
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