Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a new warning on Wednesday, saying that Iran’s enemies should “expect powerful action” from the country’s armed forces after what it described as an attack on Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure.
The warning came after Tehran accused the United States and Israel of attacking parts of Iran’s oil and natural gas production facilities, including the South Pars natural gas field, the largest in the world.
If confirmed, this would mark the first attacks on Iranian oil and natural gas production facilities in this conflict.
Last week, Israel struck several Iranian fuel depots.
An Israeli source told CNN earlier on Wednesday that Israel had attacked the Asaluyeh facility in southwestern Iran.
Another Israeli official noted that the Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars facility was carried out in coordination with the United States.
The IRGC said in a statement that a “criminal enemy” had “violated part of Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure” and repeated previous threats to retaliate if Iran’s energy, gas, or economic facilities were targeted.
Iran considers it “legitimate” to target the fuel, energy, and gas infrastructure of the “country of origin” and will respond “at the first opportunity,” the statement added.
The IRGC also called for the evacuation of residents and workers from several oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
Following the warning, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said that four ballistic missiles were “intercepted” over the capital, Riyadh.
“Debris fell over various parts of the capital,” but no damage was reported according to a preliminary assessment, it added in a statement.
The ministry also said it intercepted two drones.
One of them “attempted to approach one of the gas facilities in the Eastern Province, and the interception and destruction operation did not result in any damage,” the statement said.
