Iranian Speaker: Enemies Attacking Iran's Infrastructure Will Be Met with "An Eye for an Eye"
Xinhua News Agency, Tehran, March 18 (Reporter Chen Xiao, Shadati) - Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Ghalibaf stated on social media on the 18th that the enemy's attacks on Iran's infrastructure are "no different from suicide," and Iran has established the principle of "an eye for an eye," marking the beginning of a new phase in the conflict.
Ghalibaf said that the Iranian people have thwarted the enemy's schemes, and the enemy feels anger and despair, attempting to cover up their failures on the battlefield by attacking Iran's infrastructure.
According to Iranian media reports on the 18th, some petrochemical facilities in Iran's Bushehr Province, specifically in South Pars and Assaluyeh, were attacked by the United States and Israel. On the same day, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Tangsiri, posted on social media that oil facilities related to the United States would be on the same level as U.S. military bases and would face severe attacks.
Iran's Speaker of Parliament announced a principle of retaliation against attacks on Iranian infrastructure, stating that such actions are akin to suicide. On March 18, 2023, Iranian oil facilities in Bushehr Province were reportedly attacked by the U.S. and Israel, prompting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to declare that related oil facilities will be targeted in response.
- Iran's Speaker of Parliament declared a principle of retaliation against attacks on infrastructure.
- Iran's oil facilities in Bushehr Province were reportedly attacked by the U.S. and Israel.
- The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that oil facilities related to the U.S. will be targeted.
- A new phase of conflict has begun according to Iranian officials.