Iran Challenges Israel-US If They Want to Feel the Pressure of the World Oil Prices Reach USD200 per Barrel

Illustration of an explosion. (Kyle Johnson-Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that it will retaliate if a joint Israeli-US attack targets Iran's oil infrastructure again.

In a statement to the media, the Iranian Government, Al Jazeera reported on Monday, March 9, that one of the unnamed IRGC spokesmen did not condemn the US-Israel targeting of civilian infrastructure and oil refineries.

According to him, Iran in the war still prioritizes International Humanitarian Law when launching its attacks on enemies. "Refrain from similar actions," he said.

However, the actions taken by the US-Israel to attack the Iranian oil refinery in Tehran resulted in a huge fire and a plume of smoke soaring high throughout the city's sky that Iran could not accept.

Iran then responded to the attack by launching missiles at an Israeli-owned oil refinery in Haifa on Saturday night, March 7 local time.

The IRGC threatened to retaliate harder if oil infrastructure were again targeted in the war.

Illustration of an oil refinery. (Unsplash-Tom Fisk)

Furthermore, the spokesperson said that Middle Eastern countries have asked the US-Israel to exclude oil refineries in the war target due to the potential for oil prices to skyrocket.

In the midst of disrupted oil supplies from the Middle East due to the plummeting shipment of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC spokesman challenged Israel to continue to play "dirty war" if it wanted to feel the pressure from the world regarding the price of oil that could reach USD200 or Rp3.3 million per barrel.

"If you can tolerate oil prices of more than USD200 (US dollars) per barrel, continue this game," he said.