Analysis: The fact strikes attributed to Israel in Iran aimed at harming the country’s oil and chemical plants means a new tactic is being employed against its economy instead of field commanders

Iran’s oil and gas industry, including petrochemical plants that process crude oil into various products, is the most important economic factor in the country. Not only do the Iranian government’s revenues come mostly from these industries, but it also supplies energy needs and petroleum and gas products to the local market, which supports over 83 million people.

Therefore, when gas and oil pipeline networks are affected, and a chemical manufacturing plant is targeted, this harms more than just Iranian households and citizens but also the ability of Tehran’s regime to ensure economic security for its population on a daily basis. This isn’t a decisive blow, but it creates a shortage felt in wide areas of the country.

Those who carried out the explosions in Iran knew this, and if it was indeed done under Israel’s influence, namely via the Mossad as claimed by The New York Times, the explanation for this is almost self-evident: the Iranians have been waging an active war against Israel since October 7 through its proxies; Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria.

Iran not only directs its proxies on when and how much to harm Israel, but it also provides them with the weapons and military intelligence necessary to strike Israel during wartime. Therefore, while it was argued in past years that the Mossad was responsible for several operations in Iran in the context of its nuclear program arms industry, it can now be assumed that Israel has decided to strike at Iran’s general infrastructure as well.

It can be assumed that Israel’s rationale behind the alleged move is that Iranian citizens should pay the price if Israeli citizens in the north of the country can’t return to their homes and if residents of Eilat are forced to stay in shelters.

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