March 10, 2025 (EIRNS)—Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has warned that, based on geographical location, an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would “entirely contaminate” the waters of the Arabian Gulf and threaten life in Qatar, the U.A.E. and Kuwait, which are just across the Persian Gulf from Iran.
In an interview with Tucker Carlson posted March 7, Sheikh Mohammed stated that those three Persian Gulf countries are home to 18 million people, which have minimal natural water reserves, and whose major source of drinkable water comes from the Gulf. In the event of nuclear war or Iran’s nuclear program, the Gulf’s water would be polluted with nuclear radiation. An attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, Sheikh Mohammed added, would leave the Gulf with “No water, no fish, nothing … no life.”
Israeli leaders have on numerous occasions threatened to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities. On Feb. 4, U.S. President Trump announced a National Security Presidential Memorandum entitled “Restoring Maximum Pressure on Iran” which is a plan to apply maximum sanctions against Iran, accompanied by some bellicose statements. However, Trump has also sent a letter to Iran’s leaders calling for talks. Iran’s leadership has responded that they will not dialogue under conditions of blackmail and threats.
Qatar’s Sheikh Mohammed urged a diplomatic solution to avoid a military strike on Iran that would trigger a “war that will spread all over the region.” He added, “There is no way that Qatar would support any kind of military step … we will not give up until we see a diplomatic solution.”
Qatar is an ally of the United States, and hosts the largest U.S. military base in Southwest Asia; but, it also shares a large oil field with Iran. A quick glance of a map of the Persian Gulf shows that Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq either border or are very close to the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water provides some 42% of drinking water in the U.A.E., 70% in Saudi Arabia, 86% in Oman, and 90% in Kuwait. Qatar possesses 15 of the world’s largest concrete water reservoirs to boost its emergency water supply, which would also be contaminated in an attack.
