Iran will target American companies in the region if its energy facilities are attacked in the U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic republic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday (March 14, 2026).
The U.S. military struck Kharg Island on Friday (March 13, 2026), from which nearly all of Iran's oil is exported, with President Donald Trump saying every military target had been "obliterated" but its energy facilities had been spared.
"Our Armed Forces have already answered that they would retaliate if our oil and energy infrastructure are attacked," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told MS NOW.
Iran "will attack any energy infrastructure in the region which belongs to an American company or an American company is a shareholder," he added.
Mr. Araghchi said the U.S. attacks on Kharg had used short-range rockets launched from two bases in the UAE, including one close to Dubai.
