ISRAELI STRIKE HITS SOUTH PARS GAS FIELD.
Israeli forces struck Phase 14 of the South Pars gas field, causing a fire in parts of the facility, Fars news agency reported.
Fire fighters are currently working to extinguish the blaze at the gas field, which is Iran’s largest natural gas facility.
Fars said, “Local sources and eyewitnesses said the attack was carried out with a small aircraft resembling a drone.”
The attack adds to Saturday’s strikes across multiple Iranian provinces that killed several people, including children.
Israeli forces have hit industrial facilities including factories in Borujerd, Qazvin and Shiraz.
Iran cancelled all flights nationwide due to the intensifying strikes.
The South Pars field is shared between Iran and Qatar and is crucial to Iran’s natural gas production and export capabilities.
Iran launched the “True Promise 3” operation, firing hundreds of missiles at Israeli targets while suspending nuclear talks with the U.S.
The IRGC said targets included “military centers and air bases that were the source of criminal aggression against our country” and “military industrial centers used in the production of missiles and other equipment and military weapons for committing crimes against the resistant nations of the region, especially the Palestinian people and oppressed Gaza.”
“The enemy, despite claims of interception, failed to counter the waves of missile attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the statement said.
The IRGC said the operation was conducted “in response to the command of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Commander-in-Chief” and “the demand of the noble people of Iran.”
“This operation was carried out powerfully and offensively with the coordination of all institutions and armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the IRGC said.
Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said “punitive action” against Israel would continue “whenever and wherever necessary” following the overnight missile strikes.
“It was necessary to take punitive action in response to the terrorist and brutal act of the Zionist regime,” Mohajerani said.
She said the strikes were “essential for restoring our national pride and reclaiming the rightful rights of our people.”
Iran wire