‘The Road to Tehran Is Open’: Israel Pounds Iranian Gas Fields, Broadening Historic Military Campaign
14th June 2025
Israel bombed key Iranian gas fields and oil refineries, which Tehran uses to generate over $50 billion a year—hundreds of millions of which it uses to fund terror groups—in a fresh wave of airstrikes that destroyed more than “150 targets and over 400 separate assets,” according to the Israel Defense Forces and Iranian media.
Israeli warplanes targeted Tehran’s lucrative “oil refineries and energy infrastructure” on Saturday afternoon, signaling that the Jewish state is expanding the scope of its historic military campaign beyond Iran’s nuclear sites and military installations, the New York Times reported, citing Iranian state-controlled media.
Explosions could be heard at the South Pars gas field in Iran’s Bushehr province and at the Asalouieh refinery along the Persian Gulf, according to Iran’s state press, which claimed Israel used “micro aerial vehicles” to target the sites. Areas of South Pars caught fire, leading Iran to dispatch emergency services.
Israel reportedly warned Iran days ago that any strike on civilians, such as those on Friday in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, would prompt the Jewish state to target Tehran’s oil infrastructure. Israel made good on that promise on Saturday, showing that it is willing to expand military operations beyond Tehran’s nuclear sites.
I guess it’s back to herding goats for the mullah.