TEHRAN(RAHNUMA): US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian facilities at a major Gulf gas field on Wednesday causing a fire, Iranian state television reported.
“Moments ago, parts of the gas facilities located in the South Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Asaluyeh were struck by projectiles fired by the American-Zionist enemy,” state television reported, citing Ehsan Jahanian, the deputy governor of the southern Bushehr province, where the facility is located.
It added that firefighting teams were dispatched to the scene to contain the fire.
The South Pars/North Dome mega-field is the largest known gas reserve in the world.
The field, which is shared with Qatar, supplies around 70 percent of Iran’s domestic natural gas.
Qatar on Wednesday condemned attacks on the Iranian facility.
“Israel’s targeting of facilities linked to Iran’s South Pars gas field, which represents an extension of Qatar’s North Field, is a dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region,” foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari wrote on X.
“Targeting energy infrastructure constitutes a threat to global energy security, to the peoples of the region, and to its environment.”
The UAE also condemned the attack, calling it a “dangerous escalation.”
“Targeting energy infrastructure poses a direct threat to global energy security,” the foreign ministry said. “It also entails serious environmental repercussions and exposes civilians, maritime security, and vital civilian and industrial facilities to direct risks.”
Iranian media said on Wednesday that Israel and the United States had launched fresh strikes in across several areas of the country, including the capital Tehran.
Among the locations hit were areas in Lorestan province and Hamedan city, both in the west of Iran, as well as Fars province in the south.
Tasnim news agency said “seven people were killed and 56 were injured in an American-Zionist attack on residential areas in Dorud town” in Lorestan province.
