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Fuel distribution in Tehran has been disrupted after intense overnight strikes hit fuel and oil storage facilities in the Iranian capital, according to local officials and state media.
Tehran Governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian said the disruption followed attacks on storage tanks, according to the state news agency IRNA.
Motamedian said there was no shortage of fuel but warned that restoring the distribution network could take time.
“The problem is being resolved,” he said, urging residents to “manage their fuel consumption.”
Iranian state media reported that fuel and oil storage tanks in three areas of Tehran were struck by Israeli-American missiles on Saturday night.
An official quoted by the Fars news agency said several fuel storage tanks at the Tehran oil depot were hit but denied claims that the refinery itself was struck.
Fars reported that it was currently impossible to fully extinguish the fire.
At another fuel storage facility in Shahran, firefighters were working to control the blaze.
Fire crews were “extinguishing flames that appear in water channels and along the streets,” Fars said.
“The fire has not been fully extinguished yet, but the situation is being managed, and it is expected that as the amount of fuel decreases, the blaze will be extinguished in the coming days,” the agency reported.
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said the war could push oil prices even higher and impact the global economy.
Oil prices have surged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
Brent crude rose 8.5% to $92.69 a barrel on Friday, up from about $70 late last week, while benchmark U.S. crude climbed 12.2% to $90.90 a barrel.
“If the war continues like this, there will be neither a way to sell oil nor the ability to produce it,” Qalibaf said in a social media post.
He added that the conflict is affecting not only the U.S. but also the Middle East and the wider world.
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