On the third consecutive day of military clashes, both Israel and Iran sustained damage to their energy infrastructure due to airstrikes from the opposing side.
According to major foreign news outlets, on June 15 (local time), an Iranian missile attack damaged oil pipelines and power lines at the Haifa oil refinery, a logistics and industrial hub in Israel. As a result of this attack, operations in some downstream sectors (production and sales of petrochemical products) were suspended, while the refinery sector continued to operate normally.
In Iran, on June 14, the South Pars Phase 14 gas field?the largest in the south?suffered explosions and fires following an Israeli drone strike. An oil storage facility at the Shahre Rey refinery complex near the capital Tehran was also hit by an Israeli airstrike and caught fire, but Iranian authorities claimed they had the situation under control.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, criticized the attack on the South Pars gas field, stating, "Dragging the Persian Gulf (the Gulf region) into this conflict is a grave strategic mistake," and accused the other side of "deliberately seeking to expand this war beyond Iranian territory."
Meanwhile, on June 15, Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum denied reports that the refinery facility in Isfahan, central Iran, had been attacked, announcing that it was operating normally.
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