Iran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy sites after Israel struck its key gas field

Iran has intensified attacks on Gulf energy sites in retaliation for an Israeli strike on a key Iranian gas field. The Iranian attacks have driven up fuel prices and escalated tensions in a region already strained by broader Israeli-Iranian hostilities. The strikes risk pulling Iran's Arab neighbors—major oil and gas producers in the Persian Gulf—directly into an expanding conflict. Energy infrastructure in the Gulf is critical to global markets, making any sustained disruption to regional oil and gas production a concern for worldwide economic stability. The tit-for-tat escalation between Iran and Israel raises the risk of a wider regional war that could involve Gulf states and further destabilize energy supplies.