Iran threatens to target regional oil facilities after strikes on its energy sites

Iran’s military threatened Sunday to attack oil facilities in the region in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on its energy infrastructure, Anadolu reports. The threat was made by the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the unified combatant command headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces, according to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA). The command said that “new brutal attacks” by the US and Israel had targeted parts of Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure as well as service facilities serving Iranian civilians. It urged governments of Islamic countries to warn Washington and Israel against continuing such attacks on oil facilities. “Failure to do so could lead to similar retaliatory measures across the region,” it said, warning that escalation could have major economic consequences, […]