Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a stern condemnation of what he characterized as coordinated U.S. and Israeli assaults on Iran’s critical energy infrastructure. The presidential denunciation came through an official statement on social media platform X, responding directly to aerial strikes targeting facilities within Iran’s massive South Pars gas field in the southern region of the country.
President Pezeshkian warned that such aggressive military actions risk escalating regional tensions to dangerous levels, potentially triggering “uncontrollable consequences” that could extend beyond the Middle East to engulf global stability. The Iranian leader’s statement emphasized that targeted attacks on national energy assets represent a severe provocation that could fundamentally alter the regional security landscape.
Echoing the presidential sentiment, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf separately declared that a “new level of confrontation” had been initiated, invoking the principle of reciprocal retaliation. Ghalibaf’s social media post characterized the attacks as acts of “suicide for them (the enemies),” suggesting Tehran possesses both the capability and determination to respond in kind.
According to Iranian state media reports, the assaults specifically targeted natural gas facilities connected to the offshore South Pars field, one of the world’s largest natural gas deposits shared between Iran and Qatar. Israeli media outlets, citing anonymous official sources, attributed the strikes to the Israeli Air Force.
This development follows the February 28 joint U.S.-Israeli operations that struck Tehran and multiple Iranian cities, resulting in the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei along with senior military personnel and civilians. Those previous attacks prompted Iran to launch extensive missile and drone counterstrikes against Israeli territory and American military installations across the Middle East, signaling a dangerous escalation in long-standing regional tensions.