The widening Iran crisis could “bring down the economies of the world” and send oil prices soaring, Qatar’s energy minister warned as US and Israeli bombs pounded energy facilities in Tehran.
The Gulf state’s energy minister, Saad al-Kaabi, said it would take his country “weeks to months” to return to its normal delivery pattern after an Iranian drone strike at its largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant – with Europe likely to suffer a price spike as a result.