Iran to retaliate against attack on energy infrastructure; Iran will hit enemy sites previously thought to be safe: Fars

PART OF IRAN'S SOUTH PARS PETROCHEMICAL FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ATTACKED - TASNIM IRAN SAYS ASALUYEH OIL INDUSTRY FACILITIES ATTACKED: STATE TV APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media say natural gas facilities associated with offshore South Pars field attacked, without elaborating. IRAN’S ENERGY HEART JUST GOT HIT An attack struck South Pars — the site behind ~70% of Iran’s natural gas. Damage is still unclear, but this area has shut down before after strikes. What changed: This comes as tensions rise, with recent strikes in Iran and Lebanon and… pic.twitter.com/CglR0bjqqC Iran’s state-run media report an attack on facilities at its key South Pars offshore gas field - Iranian state-run media say that facilities associated with Iran’s massive offshore South Pars natural gas field came under attack Wednesday. Both Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency reported on the attack targeting facilities at Asaluyeh in Iran’s southern Bushehr province. It did not immediately elaborate. Iran shares the offshore field in the Persian Gulf with Qatar, which it has repeatedly attacked during the war along with other Gulf Arab nations. It wasn’t clear if Israel or the United States had carried out the attack. However, the U.S. has been operating primarily in southern Iran. The U.S. previously attacked Iran’s Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, its main oil terminal.

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ISRAELI BROADCASTING AUTHORITY: THE ISRAELI ARMY IS PREPARING TO LAUNCH WIDE-SCALE ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN IRAN