Iranian president condemns attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure

TEHRAN - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday strongly condemned the US and Israeli attacks on the country's energy infrastructure.

He made the remarks in a post on social media platform X after airstrikes were carried out on parts of the South Pars gas field in southern Iran.

Pezeshkian said such "aggressive acts" will complicate the situation and "could have uncontrollable consequences, the scope of which could engulf the entire world."

In a post on X on the same day, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf condemned attacks, saying they mean "suicide for them (the enemies)."

"The equation of an eye for an eye is in effect, and a new level of confrontation has begun," Ghalibaf said.

Earlier in the day, Iranian state media reported that natural gas facilities associated with the offshore South Pars field had been attacked. Israeli media, citing unnamed sources, said the country's air force carried out the strike.

On Feb 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders and civilians. Iran responded by launching waves of missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and US bases and assets in the Middle East.