The United States is unhappy with Israel's strikes on Iran's oil facilities

Israeli strikes on Iran's fuel facilities have displeased the administration of US President Donald Trump, N12 reports, citing American and Israeli officials, as well as a source familiar with the details.

On Saturday, March 7, the Israeli Air Force attacked about 30 fuel storage facilities in Tehran and other cities. The IDF said that the warehouses were used to supply fuel, including military units, the TV channel reports. An Israeli military source claims that the purpose was to signal Tehran about the need to stop attacks on Israeli civilian infrastructure.

According to N12, Israel notified the US military in advance, but the US was surprised by the scale of the strikes. Washington expressed concern that footage of burning facilities, even without production damage, could increase nervousness in the oil markets and support price growth.

The representative of the Iranian headquarters Hatem al-Anbia warned that if attacks on the oil infrastructure continue, Iran may respond with strikes on similar facilities throughout the region. The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bakir Qalibaf, also announced his readiness for retaliatory actions.

According to The New York Times, the strike on the oil storage facilities in Tehran was the first case of attacks on the energy infrastructure of the Islamic Republic after the start of the American-Israeli operation.

The Iranian Oil Ministry reported strikes on oil storage facilities in Tehran and its suburb of Karaj. After the attacks, fires broke out. The footage, spread on social networks, shows a large fire near the highway that leads to the city of Levasan in the province of Tehran. Iranians have been warned about the release of large amounts of hazardous chemicals as a result of explosions at oil depots, which can cause toxic acid rain.

Tehran announced a retaliatory attack on an oil refinery in Haifa, RIA Novosti reminds.