Iran threatens to strike Gulf energy facilities after South Pars attack

"Iran has threatened to attack oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation for an Israeli strike on its South Pars gasfield as the fallout from the United States-Israeli war on the country continues to escalate. In a statement shared by Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency on Wednesday, Iranian authorities said five facilities in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar will be targeted in the coming hours."

"The facilities are Saudi Arabia's SAMREF refinery and Jubail petrochemical complex, the UAE's Al Hosn gasfield, and Qatar's Ras Laffan refinery and Mesaieed petrochemical complex and holding company. The threat comes after Iranian state media reported that natural gas facilities associated with its offshore South Pars field—the largest gasfield in the world, located off the coast of southern Iran's Bushehr province—were attacked."

"Iran's essential closure of the Strait of Hormuz—a critical Gulf waterway through which about one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas transits—has sent energy prices soaring. While Iran says it is firing at US military assets in the region, Gulf leaders have repeatedly denounced the conflict's widening impact on global energy markets."

Iran has threatened retaliatory attacks on five major oil and gas facilities across the Gulf region following an Israeli strike on its South Pars gasfield, the world's largest. The targeted facilities include Saudi Arabia's SAMREF refinery and Jubail petrochemical complex, the UAE's Al Hosn gasfield, and Qatar's Ras Laffan refinery and Mesaieed petrochemical complex. Iranian authorities reported damage to South Pars facilities with no immediate casualties and controlled fires. This escalation continues the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran since February 28. The conflict has intensified energy market concerns, with Iran's actions affecting the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas transits.

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