(SeaPRwire) –   Twelve Arab and Islamic nations jointly condemned on Thursday what they described as Iran’s “heinous” attacks, criticizing missile and drone strikes against civilian infrastructure and cautioning Tehran against any further escalation.

The joint declaration was released by the foreign ministers of Qatar, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates following a consultative gathering in Riyadh.

These nations charged Iran with intentionally aiming at residential neighborhoods, oil installations, airports, and diplomatic sites throughout the region.

The ministers reiterated the right, as they termed it, of impacted nations to self-defense pursuant to Article 51 of the UN Charter. They pressed Iran to cease its assaults immediately and comply with international law.

They further demanded that Tehran respect their territorial sovereignty, end support for proxy militias in Arab states, and refrain from activities endangering maritime security, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait—a vital global shipping corridor connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The communiqué also voiced support for Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty, concurrently condemning Israel’s conduct within Lebanon and its “expansionist policy in the region.”

“The Ministers reaffirm their commitment to continuing intensive consultation and coordination in this regard, to monitor developments and assess emerging issues in a way that ensure the formulation of common positions and the adoption of necessary legitimate measures and procedures to protect their security, stability, and sovereignty, and to halt the Iranian heinous attacks on their territories,” the joint statement reads.

This statement follows an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field the previous day, which triggered Iranian retaliatory strikes on energy infrastructure in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Targets included Doha’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the globe’s biggest LNG production site.

Oil prices jumped on Thursday morning in the wake of the attacks. Brent crude increased to $114.08 per barrel, while the U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude rose to $97.41.

On his Truth Social platform, President Donald Trump stated that Israel would refrain from additional strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field unless Tehran escalates. He warned that the U.S. could react with overwhelming force if Qatar’s LNG facilities are hit again.

“The United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before,” Trump wrote. “I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so.”