The already tense situation in the Middle East escalated sharply on Wednesday after Israel struck an Iranian production facility at the South Pars gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar across the Gulf. The attack comes amid a widening regional crisis triggered by a joint US-Israel military operation at the end of February that killed Iran’s long-serving leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
South Pars, the world’s largest gas field, is a key source of domestic energy for Iran, which already struggles with frequent gas and electricity shortages.
