Key energy hub hit as Iran’s state media reports gasfield attack

Iranian state media reported that facilities linked to the country’s major offshore South Pars gas field came under attack today. Both state television and State news agency said the strike targeted facilities at Asaluyeh, located in Iran’s southern Bushehr province, though no further details were immediately provided. South Pars is the world largest natural gas field, with both Qatar and Iran operating facilities on it. It remains unclear whether Israel or the United States had carried out the latest strike. However, U.S. has been operating primarily in southern Iran. The United States previously attacked Iran’s main oil terminal Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.