Qatar reportedly offered Iran gas shutdown during US-Israeli war

Middle East Eye · June 12, 2026 War

Qatar reportedly offered Iran gas shutdown during US-Israeli war Qatar held secret talks with Iran during the Israeli-US war, offering to help disrupt global energy markets if Tehran spared the Ras Laffan gas field, The Washington Post reports, citing US officials. The report said Iran did not give Qatar a firm pledge that it would avoid striking the facility, which supplies a fifth of the world’s natural gas. But Doha believed it could reach an informal understanding with Tehran.

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