US President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s huge South Pars gas field if Tehran again attacks the important Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant in Qatar. Trump confirmed on his Truth Social platform that Israel struck South Pars, but said the United States “knew nothing” about the raid that led to the Iranian retaliation against Ras Laffan. «There will be no further attacks by Israel against this very important and precious South Pars field, unless Iran recklessly decides to attack a completely innocent country, namely Qatar. “In that case the United States of America, with or without the assistance or consent of Israel, will massively destroy the entire South Pars gas field with a force and power that Iran has never seen or known before,” Trump wrote.
The US president accused Tehran of having “unjustifiably and unfairly attacked part of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas plant” in retaliation for the Israeli raid. “I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long-term implications it will have on Iran’s future, but if the Qatar LNG depot is attacked again, I will not hesitate to do so,” Trump concluded.
Spain doesn’t fit
«Europe is based on multilateralism, international law, peace. From the first minute we condemned the war in Iran, we said that the war is illegal.” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this when arriving at the European Council, announcing that Madrid will implement emergency and structural measures against the energy crisis and in the wake of the transition in the next few hours. «There are governments in the EU that are using this energy crisis to try to weaken climate policy. Spain can demonstrate that renewables are allowing it to suffer less impact from the war,” he explained.
«On Saturday, the price of electricity in Spain was 14 euros per megawatt hour. Keep this figure in mind. In Italy, Germany and France, it exceeded 100 euros per megawatt hour. And it’s no coincidence. It is the result of a constant commitment by the Spanish government over the last eight years, which has brought us, unlike eight years ago, to the forefront in the development of renewable energy. This has allowed us to gain strategic autonomy and, consequently, to protect our economies, our homes, our industry, our workers and our businesses from shocks such as this energy shock resulting from the war between the United States and Israel in Iran”, underlined Sanchez.