Israel Expands Attack to Include Iran's Oil and Gas Industry
The statement said Israeli drones had targeted a section of the South Pars Gas Field in Bushehr Province. South Pars is one of the world's largest gas fields and a critical part of Iran's energy production. The Fajr Jam Gas Refining Company was also targeted, the ministry said.
Iran is one of the world's major energy producers. It has the second-largest gas reserves in the world and fourth-largest crude oil reserves.
Videos posted to social media and verified by The Times showed a large fire burning at the South Pars gas refinery in Iran's southern Bushehr Province.
The explosions took production lines at both facilities offline, the ministry statement said, even as firefighters and emergency crew had largely contained the blazes.
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