Iran’s FM threatens strikes on assets of US firms in Mideast if energy facilities hit

By AFP 14 March 2026, 6:48 pm

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Iran will target the facilities of American companies in the region if its energy facilities are attacked in the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says.

“Iran will respond to any attack on its energy facilities,” state television quotes him as saying after US attacks on military infrastructure on Iran’s crude oil export hub of Kharg Island.

“If Iranian facilities are targeted, our forces will target American companies’ facilities in the region, or companies in which the US holds shares,” he warns, while vowing that Tehran will “act cautiously to ensure that densely populated areas are not targeted.”