Israel Has Bombed Dozens Of Oil Facilities In Iran, Triggering A Huge Fire In The Capital Tehran

In the latest escalation of the joint unprovoked war that the US and Israel launched on Iran on Feb. 28, Israel bombed 30 fuel storage depots and oil facilities, several in Iran's capital Tehran, sending black smoke billowing across the city.

On Saturday, March 8, Israel bombed four oil storage facilities and an oil transfer and production centre in Tehran and the neighboring province of Alborz, Al Jazeera reported.

Iran's oil distribution company said four of its employees were killed, according to Al Jazeera.

Following the attacks, Tehran, a city of nearly 10 million people, was engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke with residents reporting difficult breathing and oil-tainted rainfall.

Israel said the depots were being used to supply fuel to Iranian military operations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would continue the assault and strike Iran's rulers "without mercy," adding that Israel had "many more targets."

But a leaked private conversation revealed Israel's strikes on the fuel depots triggered a fallout between Israel and the US, according to Axios.

Axios reported that Israel’s strikes went far beyond what the US expected despite Israel notifying it in advance, and the US is concerned striking civilian infrastructure “could backfire strategically, rallying Iranians to support the government and driving up global oil prices.”

A Trump adviser told Axios that "the president doesn't like the attack. He wants to save the oil. He doesn't want to burn it."

Iran's military warned that if attacks on its oil infrastructure continue, it may respond with similar strikes across the region.

Iran is retaliating to the US and Israel's unprovoked war, with missiles and drones against Israel and US military bases across the region, hitting neighboring countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Crude oil prices have already spiked above US$115 a barrel since the war began, according to the Times of Israel.

The war, which has now entered its 10th day as of March 11, has killed more than 1,300 people in Iran and about 300 in Lebanon, with about a dozen killed in Israel.

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