QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar March 2, 2026. (Photo: REUTERS)

Qatar’s Interior Ministry said firefighting teams have been deployed to a fire in the Ras Laffan Industrial City, a key natural gas processing facility on the Persian Gulf, “following an Iranian targeting”. No casualties have been reported so far.

Earlier, Iranian state television said Tehran will target energy infrastructure in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates in response to an Israeli airstrike on Iran's largest gas field in Bushehr province on Wednesday.

In a post on X, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure “will complicate the situation and could have uncontrollable consequences, the scope of which could engulf the entire world.”

Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said in a statement that Israel's airstrike on Iran's gas field "is a dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region."