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Israeli Strikes Hit Tehran as Iranian Drones Target Gulf Energy Facilities
Airstrikes targeted Iranian military and energy infrastructure amid escalating regional missile and drone attacks that have killed over 1,300 people and disrupted global energy supplies.
- On Friday, March 15, 2026, Israel pounded Tehran with airstrikes as Iranians marked Nowruz, activists reported strikes around the capital and a police station was left shattered.
- Since Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel have conducted a campaign that killed Iran's top leaders and targeted Iranian energy and military sites, including the South Pars gas field, prompting Iranian strikes on Gulf oil and gas facilities.
- More than 1,300 people have been killed in Iran during the war, Brent crude oil briefly surged above $119 a barrel, and about 80% of Iran's power comes from natural gas, threatening electricity supplies.
- On Thursday, European Union leaders called for a "moratorium" on strikes against energy and water facilities and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would hold off further strikes on the South Pars gas field at President Donald Trump's request.
- With about a fifth of the world's oil transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Qatar's Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas facility exports fell 17%, and Netanyahu said, 'I also see this war ending a lot faster than people think'.
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