The , and it does so with a new episode that once again puts energy infrastructure at the center. Two projectiles hit in the early hours of this Tuesday against gas facilities in Iran, just hours after the United States announced that it was postponing a possible attack against this type of targets.
According to the Iranian Fars agency, One of the impacts occurred in a gas pipeline near a power plant in Jorramshahr, in the southwest of the country. The other hit administrative buildings and a pressure reduction point at a gas station in Isfahan, central Iran. No victims have been reported, but there has been material damage to several structures.
Attacks after the Washington truce
The moment in which these attacks occur is not minor. Hours before, had announced the decision to postpone any offensive against Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, after what it described as “productive talks” with Tehran.
However, Iran has denied that such talks exist.
This new attack also comes in a particularly delicate context, after Israel bombed on March 18, the gas facilities of the South Pars field, the largest in the world shared by Iran and Qatar, were installed. That movement triggered a chain of Iranian reprisals against energy infrastructure in the region of the Persian Gulf.
The result has been immediate: volatility in energy markets and, which has only been partially moderated after Washington’s announcement.
Iran denies attacks on US and UK bases
In parallel, Iran has rejected another of the accusations that have circulated in recent days: An alleged missile attack on a joint US-UK military base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Bagaei, has described this information as “disinformation from Israel” in a message published on social networks. According to Tehran, not even the I’LL TAKE has confirmed those accusations.
In fact, the secretary general of the Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte, He avoided supporting the Israeli version of the origin of the projectiles used.
Despite this, US media have reported that two missiles were launched towards the base -without actually hitting-, which has increased diplomatic tension. The United Kingdom has condemned the events, while Iran warns that allowing the use of British bases is equivalent to participating directly in the conflict.
Syria enters the board
The tension is not limited to Iran and its surroundings. This Monday, a Syrian Army base in the province of Hasakain the northeast of the country, was attacked with at least five missiles launched from Iraqi territory.
The Syrian Army has confirmed the attack and has declared a state of maximum alert, while coordinating with Iraqi authorities the search for those responsible. Everything points to armed militias close to Iran that operate in the area and have already attacked targets linked to the United States on other occasions.
Although Syria had remained relatively untouched by the direct conflict between Israel, the United States and Iran, the situation is beginning to change. In the last few days, Israel has also bombed Syrian government positions in the south of the country, in the midst of growing internal instability.
A conflict that expands
What began as a specific escalation is becoming an increasingly broader and more complex conflict. Countries like Lebanon, Iraq or the Gulf monarchies They are already seeing their infrastructure affected directly or indirectly.
The focus on energy adds an especially delicate dimension, not only for its strategic impact, but also for its global economic consequences.
And while the great powers exchange messages, attacks and denials, the reality on the ground is increasingly clear: the war is no longer local.
It is expanding.
