Iran Threatens to Destroy Gulf Energy Facilities in Retaliation for Israeli Attack on Refinery
Tehran – Iran has threatened to attack oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation for Israel’s strike on the South Pars gas field. This latest escalation threatens global energy supplies.
A spokesperson for the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters has pledged that “fuel, energy, and gas infrastructure” belonging to those who attacked Iran’s energy and oil facilities “will be burned and turned to ashes as soon as possible”.
“This is a firm and clear warning to the criminals who attacked part of Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure in the southern part of the country,” the statement said, as reported by Iran’s Mehr News Agency.
“We declare to the cowardly and aggressive criminal American army and the barbaric Zionist child-killing regime that this is a warning to your army and your dignity,” the statement added.
The Asaluyeh Refinery is one of Iran’s largest oil and gas refineries. It is located in Bushehr Province, not far from the reactor there, and also in the Gulf Sea, not far from Gulf countries.
The natural gas facilities associated with the offshore South Pars gas field are also the world’s largest gas field.
In a statement shared by Tasnim, Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum said several facilities were damaged but no casualties were reported. Iranian state media also reported that the fire at the gas field has been brought under control.
Citing unnamed sources, Israeli media reported that the country’s air force carried out the strike. Israel and the US have conducted strikes on various targets in Iran, including oil facilities, since the war began on 28 February.
The IRGC immediately issued evacuation orders to many oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region. In a statement shared by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency on Wednesday, Iranian authorities said five facilities in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar “will be targeted”.
Those facilities are Saudi Arabia’s SAMREF refinery and Jubail petrochemical complex, the UAE’s Al Hosn gas field, and Qatar’s Ras Laffan refinery as well as the Mesaieed petrochemical complex and parent company.
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said on X that he “strongly condemns” the attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure, following the strike targeting the South Pars gas field today.
“Such aggressive actions will yield nothing for the American Zionist enemy and its supporters. On the contrary, such actions will complicate the situation and may cause uncontrollable consequences that will affect the whole world,” he said.