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Iran condemns US attack on Iranian desalination plant
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has strongly condemned the US attack on a water desalination plant on Iran's southern Qeshm Island. He made the remarks in a post on social media platform X on Saturday after the United States reportedly destroyed the facility with missiles launched fro
Iran condemns US attack on Iranian desalination plant
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Published :
Mar 08, 2026 13:29
Updated :
Mar 08, 2026 13:29
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has strongly condemned the US attack on a water desalination plant on Iran's southern Qeshm Island.
He made the remarks in a post on social media platform X on Saturday after the United States reportedly destroyed the facility with missiles launched from its Jufair base in Bahrain on Friday.
"The US committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island. Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted," Araghchi said.
He added that attacking Iran's infrastructure is a "dangerous move with grave consequences."
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker, said on his X account that the attack on the Qeshm desalination plant was carried out with support from one of the air bases in the southern neighbouring countries, reports Xinhua.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Saturday that it retaliated for the US attack by striking the US base in Bahrain with solid- and liquid-fuel precision-guided missiles.
FE ONLINE DESK
Published :
Mar 08, 2026 13:29
Updated :
Mar 08, 2026 13:29
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has strongly condemned the US attack on a water desalination plant on Iran's southern Qeshm Island.
He made the remarks in a post on social media platform X on Saturday after the United States reportedly destroyed the facility with missiles launched from its Jufair base in Bahrain on Friday.
"The US committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island. Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted," Araghchi said.
He added that attacking Iran's infrastructure is a "dangerous move with grave consequences."
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker, said on his X account that the attack on the Qeshm desalination plant was carried out with support from one of the air bases in the southern neighbouring countries, reports Xinhua.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Saturday that it retaliated for the US attack by striking the US base in Bahrain with solid- and liquid-fuel precision-guided missiles.
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US says it will not hit Iran energy sector
The United States will spare Iran's energy infrastructure as it wages war with Israel against the Islamic republic, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday
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US says it will not hit Iran energy sector
AFP
New York, USA
Published: 08 Mar 2026, 23: 04
TOPSHOT - This video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media on March 7 and 8, 2026 shows fire erupting at an oil depot in Iran's capital Tehran. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on 28 February, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic which responded with missile attacks across the region. The war has dragged in global powers, upended the world's energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to even usually peaceful areas of the volatile region. (Photo by UGC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP - SOURCE: UGC / UNKNOWN - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO RESALE -AFP
The United States will spare Iran's energy infrastructure as it wages war with Israel against the Islamic republic, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.
With oil prices rising dramatically, he told CNN that disruptions to the petroleum and gas industry will be short lived -- "worst case, that's a few weeks. That's not months."
Israel attacked oil storage facilities Saturday in and around Tehran, sparking huge fires in the first such attacks reported since the war started last weekend. Wright seemed to downplay them.
"These are Israeli strikes, these are local fuel depots to fill up the gas tank," Wright said.
He added: "The US is targeting zero energy infrastructure. There are no plans to target Iran's oil industry, their natural gas industry, or anything about their energy industry."
The war has all but shut down the Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly 20 per cent of the world's crude oil and about 20 per cent of liquefied natural gas usually transit.
Energy markets have been riled by this disruption and oil prices shot up. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark for oil, rose 12 per cent just on Friday and is up 36 per cent in a week.
"They shouldn't go much higher than they are here because the world is very well supplied with oil," Wright told CBS. "There's no energy shortage in all of the Western hemisphere."
US insurer AAA said US gasoline prices at the pump have gone up 16 per cent in a week and diesel by 22 per cent.
The website GasBuddy says diesel fuel, used extensively in trucking, had not been this expensive since February 2023.
Gasoline prices are closely watched in this country where cars are king and they could become a factor as America heads toward mid-term elections in November. Trump's approval rating was low even before the war.
"What you're seeing is emotional reactions and fear that this is a long term war," Wright said on CBS. "This is not a long-term war."
He said the United States is now talking with shipping companies eager to get their vessels out of the Gulf.
"Early tankers probably will involve some direct protection by the US military" to get through the Strait of Hormuz, he said, adding that he thinks traffic will return to normal "relatively soon."
Iran accounts for about four per cent of world oil production, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
Its oil industry is subject to international sanctions but some is still exported, mainly to China, oil industry data shows.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday the government was considering lifting sanctions on more Russian oil, a day after it temporarily authorized India to buy from Moscow as global oil prices surged.
The US International Development Finance Corporation also said Friday it is creating a reinsurance mechanism of up to $20 billion to cover risk associated with travel through the Strait of Hormuz.
AFP
New York, USA
Published: 08 Mar 2026, 23: 04
TOPSHOT - This video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media on March 7 and 8, 2026 shows fire erupting at an oil depot in Iran's capital Tehran. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on 28 February, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic which responded with missile attacks across the region. The war has dragged in global powers, upended the world's energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to even usually peaceful areas of the volatile region. (Photo by UGC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP - SOURCE: UGC / UNKNOWN - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO RESALE -AFP
The United States will spare Iran's energy infrastructure as it wages war with Israel against the Islamic republic, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.
With oil prices rising dramatically, he told CNN that disruptions to the petroleum and gas industry will be short lived -- "worst case, that's a few weeks. That's not months."
Israel attacked oil storage facilities Saturday in and around Tehran, sparking huge fires in the first such attacks reported since the war started last weekend. Wright seemed to downplay them.
"These are Israeli strikes, these are local fuel depots to fill up the gas tank," Wright said.
He added: "The US is targeting zero energy infrastructure. There are no plans to target Iran's oil industry, their natural gas industry, or anything about their energy industry."
The war has all but shut down the Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly 20 per cent of the world's crude oil and about 20 per cent of liquefied natural gas usually transit.
Energy markets have been riled by this disruption and oil prices shot up. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark for oil, rose 12 per cent just on Friday and is up 36 per cent in a week.
"They shouldn't go much higher than they are here because the world is very well supplied with oil," Wright told CBS. "There's no energy shortage in all of the Western hemisphere."
US insurer AAA said US gasoline prices at the pump have gone up 16 per cent in a week and diesel by 22 per cent.
The website GasBuddy says diesel fuel, used extensively in trucking, had not been this expensive since February 2023.
Gasoline prices are closely watched in this country where cars are king and they could become a factor as America heads toward mid-term elections in November. Trump's approval rating was low even before the war.
"What you're seeing is emotional reactions and fear that this is a long term war," Wright said on CBS. "This is not a long-term war."
He said the United States is now talking with shipping companies eager to get their vessels out of the Gulf.
"Early tankers probably will involve some direct protection by the US military" to get through the Strait of Hormuz, he said, adding that he thinks traffic will return to normal "relatively soon."
Iran accounts for about four per cent of world oil production, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
Its oil industry is subject to international sanctions but some is still exported, mainly to China, oil industry data shows.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday the government was considering lifting sanctions on more Russian oil, a day after it temporarily authorized India to buy from Moscow as global oil prices surged.
The US International Development Finance Corporation also said Friday it is creating a reinsurance mechanism of up to $20 billion to cover risk associated with travel through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran Guards say can fight 'intense war' for six months
Iran can fight an intense war against the United States and Israel for at least six months, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency on Sunday.
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Iran Guards say can fight 'intense war' for six months
AFP
Tehran
Published: 08 Mar 2026, 10: 21
Iranian ballistic missiles are displayed during the ceremony of joining the Armed Forces, in Tehran, Iran, 22 August, 2023. Reuters
Iran can fight an intense war against the United States and Israel for at least six months, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency on Sunday.
"The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are capable of continuing at least a 6-month intense war at the current pace of operations," said Guards spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, according to Fars.
The Guards, Iran's elite force, also said they had targeted "more than 200" locations related to American and Israeli bases and facilities across the region.
AFP
Tehran
Published: 08 Mar 2026, 10: 21
Iranian ballistic missiles are displayed during the ceremony of joining the Armed Forces, in Tehran, Iran, 22 August, 2023. Reuters
Iran can fight an intense war against the United States and Israel for at least six months, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency on Sunday.
"The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are capable of continuing at least a 6-month intense war at the current pace of operations," said Guards spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, according to Fars.
The Guards, Iran's elite force, also said they had targeted "more than 200" locations related to American and Israeli bases and facilities across the region.
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The most unfortunate thing which happened with Iran is that the Iran was in firm grip of a radical mullah he ran this nation like a spoiled rich guy who does whatever he like as the wealth belonged to him. This Khamenei Mullah had his likes and dislike. He was brain washed by holy book and false superiority complex. This made him extremist. To satisfy his ego and ideology, he kept doing wrong things throughout his life. He supported terrorism, he imposed dirty sharia law on the nation and made marrying with a girl child bellow 10 with a 60-year-old man legal. He killed hundreds of girls just for opposing to wear Burka. He supported and armed all radical groups across the world. Just a month ago, he killed 12000 to 30000 people just for opposing radicalism and price rise. Iranians did not want him but they are paying the price of whims of this Mullah. Iran is ruined in war. It will have long lasting consequences on the economy of Iran as well as on the well being of Iranian people. Iranians paid the price of bad doing of one lunatic radical to whom they had not elected him as their leader. He ruined a country which had a great potential to be a happy, progressive, modern and prosperous nation. Iran will need Indian spiritualism for fast recovery and regaining of its lost glory.
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