At about 8:00 AM eastern US time today, the infrastructure of the "South Pars" natural gas field, was attacked by military forces. That gas field feeds both Iran and the tiny "country" of Qatar.
The Israeli Air Force DECIMATED the largest natural gas processing facility in Iran in a devasting blow to the regime, approved by the US.
Pumping stations, pipelines, storage tanks, were apparently hit, causing massive natural gas explosions and numerous fires, all of which are presently burning out of control.
Israel and the US also struck the Asaluyeh gas processing plant in Bushehr, Iran, targeting one of the country's largest and most critical energy facilities. The facility handles 40% of Iranian gas.
About eighty percent (80%) of Iran electric power plants, run on gas. The entire country now faces almost complete electric blackout within days as gas supplies are exhausted.
This was an attack upon Iran's national income stream; its oil and gas infrastructure.
Speaking this morning about this attack, Iran says: "The enemy committed suicide, we have moved to a full economic war."
IRAN CUTS OFF OIL and GAS TO IRAQ
Iran has halted gas flows to Iraq following the South Pars strike.
• Gas is now diverted for domestic Iranian use
• Iraq loses a critical energy supply
• Iran provides ~30–40% of Iraq’s gas and electricity
Immediate impact on Iraq’s power grid and stability. Large parts of Iraq will now go into electrical blackouts.
With today's attack on Iranian infrastructure, Iran had previously made clear it would begin attacking infrastructure of other countries. This could be the beginning of the end for all oil and gas output to the world, from the ENTIRE Middle East.
UPDATE 11:49 AM EDT --
Iran has issued an urgent warning calling for the evacuation of petrochemical facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. APPARENTLY, IRAN IS NOW GOING TO DESTROY __ THEIR__ INFRASTRUCTURE.
Brent crude oil prices surge to $110/barrel
UPDATE 12:29 PM EDT --
Iran is currently in negotiations with eight non-Middle Eastern countries to grant their oil tankers safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but only on the condition that the oil cargo is traded in Chinese yuan rather than U.S. dollars.
Analysts interpret this as a form of economic warfare and de-dollarization, designed to circumvent and weaken U.S. financial sanctions by channeling transactions through China's financial system.
The strategy also deepens Iran's economic and strategic alignment with China, potentially elevating Beijing to the role of a de facto security guarantor for this vital global chokepoint.
The question is whether this was Iran's own strategy all along, or if China is the real mastermind pulling the strings behind the scenes.
BULLETIN 12:34 PM EDT --
Saudi Arabia just got hit. I'm told it was Oil infrastructure. Awaiting confirmation and details . . . .
BULLETIN 3:46 PM EDT --
Qatar's Ras Lafan Oil Refinery has just been hit.
