Iran’s president warns of ‘uncontrollable consequences’ if strikes on energy facilities continue

By Lazar Berman

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18 March 2026, 9:37 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses cabinet members as they visit the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founding supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, on January 31, 2026. (Handout/Iranian Presidency/AFP)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warns that targeting Iran’s energy infrastructure “could lead to uncontrollable consequences.”

“These aggressive acts will not achieve any gains for the Zionist–American enemy and its supporters,” writes Pezeshkian on X after Israel strikes Iran’s South Fars gas field. “On the contrary, they will complicate the situation and may lead to uncontrollable repercussions whose effects extend to engulf the entire world.”