Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said American energy companies in the region were also vulnerable, reacting to US threats against Iranian tankers.
In a statement on his X account, Ghalibaf said the oil and natural gas production chain was spread across a wide area of the region and remained accessible.
American oil and natural gas companies in these waters and at these facilities are equally vulnerable. If you attack our assets, you will also be attacked. We have proven this before. Ask the bases that are no longer operational.
Ghalibaf’s remarks followed comments by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding Iranian oil tankers. In a statement posted on his X account on September 5, Hegseth said the United States would “destroy and sink” Iranian oil tankers if Iran opened fire on US ships.
Hegseth also claimed that the fleet of Iranian oil tankers was vulnerable and that US aircraft, ships and submarines had the capability to attack it.