IRGC threatens harsher next wave after strikes on Persian Gulf energy sites

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had launched attacks on what they described as US economic interests in the region and Israeli energy infrastructure, following strikes on civilian sites in Iran.

In a statement, the Guards said the first phase of the response had targeted “Zionist targets in the occupied territories and American economic interests in countries of the region.”

They listed the targets as a refinery in Haifa, gas facilities operated by ExxonMobil and Chevron in Habshan in the UAE, a petrochemical facility in Al Ruwais in the UAE, a petrochemical site in Sitra in Bahrain, and a petrochemical facility in Shuaiba in Kuwait.

The statement also included a direct warning of further escalation.

“If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the second phase of this operation will be carried out in a much more crushing and extensive manner,” it said.

The Guards added: “We repeat once again: if you commit more aggression and strike civilian facilities, our responses will be more crushing.”

The statement framed the attacks as a response to what it described as strikes on a bridge in Karaj and the Mahshahr petrochemical complex.