Iran War and Energy Infrastructure

Reports indicate the Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field was coordinated with and approved by the White House, even as President Trump publicly denied prior U.S. knowledge and declared that “NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL” on the field. After Iran’s regional retaliatory strikes that pushed oil prices higher and prompted Gulf condemnations—with Qatar blaming Israel—Trump warned that if Iran attacks Qatar again the U.S. would “massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field.”