MP says Tehran could target Persian Gulf oil fields if attacked

A member of parliament’s national security committee said he does not expect the United States to attack Iran but warned Tehran would strike oil facilities across the region if military action occurs.

“I don’t think the United States will attack Iran because it would gain nothing from military action,” Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani told ILNA. “But if it attacks, it will target Kharg Island and Isfahan.”

A strike on Isfahan would aim to seize “that 400 kilograms of uranium,” Ardestani said, adding that previous efforts to obtain it had failed.

The lawmaker said he believed the current state of “neither peace nor war” would continue because Washington was seeking to deepen pressure on Iran’s economy and fuel domestic unrest.

“If enemies attack us this time, we will attack their oil wells and facilities,” Ardestani said. “If they try to leave us without oil, we will not target pipelines. We will target wells so they also have no oil and fuel prices rise globally.”