Iran vows to strike US energy facilities if Washington attacks again

Iran has issued a stark warning to the United States: attack Iranian assets again, and American energy interests across the region could face retaliation.

“The oil and gas production chain here is sprawling, accessible, and exposed,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf wrote on X. “American oil and gas companies across these waters and facilities share that exposure.” He added: “Strike our assets and you get struck. We’ve already proven it.”

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The oil and gas production chain here is sprawling, accessible, and exposed. American oil and gas companies across these waters and facilities share that exposure.

Qalibaf, who is also Iran’s top negotiator, spoke after US and Iranian strikes on shipping over the weekend briefly pushed oil prices to six-week highs. The exchange followed a US warning that Iran’s oil tanker fleet was “defenceless,” according to the article.

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Strike our assets and you get struck. We’ve already proven it. Ask the bases that are no longer viable.

Iran has also throttled traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global oil and gas shipments. Senior Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran would soon announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf and approve maps for a new shipping corridor through the strait. Ships entering the zone would be placed on an Iranian sanctions list, he said.

“We will only commit to the Strait of Hormuz being open when they (the Americans) stop the sabotage, threats and attacks on Iran,” Rezaei said. The article says the strait carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war. Fighting resumed after a June interim ceasefire unraveled, while US forces struck three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday, including one near Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub.

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We will only commit to the Strait of Hormuz being open when they (the Americans) stop the sabotage, threats and attacks on Iran.