Qatar's prime minister has warned that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would "entirely contaminate" the waters of the Gulf and threaten life in Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait. The three desert states,

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has warned that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities could contaminate the water in the gulf region and threaten the lives of the people in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.

Qatar and Gulf states rely on desalination; Gulf water contamination would trigger a severe humanitarian crisis

Iran is snubbing U.S. President Donald Trump once again, for the second time in two weeks. Tehran has rejected negotiations on its nuclear program with the U.S. Amid the escalating tensions between Iran and the U.

According to Iranian state media, Qatar said that “Persian Gulf states will run out of drinking water in three days if Iran’s nuclear sites attacked.”