On June 8 (Moscow time), according to TASS, Iran announced that it would respond with attacks targeting US and Israeli oil and gas facilities in the region if attacks targeting the country's energy infrastructure continued.
The information was published by Iran's Fars news agency.
According to this source, Tehran has prepared a list of potential targets in the event of further attacks targeting Iran's energy facilities. The list is said to include US and Israeli oil and gas facilities in the Middle East.
The source said that the targets that could be targeted are not only facilities related to Israel but also energy assets of US oil and gas companies operating in the region.
The statement was made after Iranian Al Alam television reported that some items of the petrochemical complex in Khuzestan province were damaged in Israeli airstrikes.
Previously, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that they had carried out an attack targeting a petrochemical facility in Bandar-e Mahshahr city, located in southwestern Iran. This is an area concentrated with many oil refineries, petrochemicals and important energy export facilities of this country.
Khuzestan is considered Iran's largest oil and gas industrial center, playing a key role in energy exploitation, processing and export. Therefore, any attack targeting this area could significantly affect Iran's energy industry.
The latest developments show that tensions between Iran and Israel continue to escalate, in the context that the two sides continuously make tough statements and conduct military operations targeting strategic goals of each other.
Observers are concerned that the expansion of targets by parties to the energy sector may increase risks to the global oil market, while making the security situation in the Middle East more unpredictable in the near future.
