The Islamic Republic of Iran fires war and puts global energy security at risk

The attacks on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia last Saturday, and the interruption of the production of approximately 5.7 million barrels of oil, almost 5% of world crude oil production per day, It was the strongest message sent by the Islamic Republic of Iran to the world about its direct and continuing threat to global energy security.

The attacks took place in one of the largest oil refineries in the world. If that threat was not made through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran had threatened to close on several occasions, these attacks, carried out through Houthi terrorists, direct Iranian representatives, are achieving the same and repeated objective of the Khomeinists of destabilize the region and jeopardize the security of global energy in an open way and without measuring consequences.

The Iranians had previously used maritime mines to harm Saudi, Norwegian and Emirati oil tankers in the Persian Gulf last May, and also attacked another pipeline in Saudi Arabia the same month. All this tells us that the world will face an economic catastrophe unless it seriously confronts the Iranian problem not only neutralizing their war actions and looking for impossible exits as certain European countries do.

The attack last Saturday is also an explicit response from Iran to the recent efforts of Europeans to hold a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Hassan Rouhani. Through this terrorist act, the Islamic Republic of Iran continues and deepens its strategy to respond to the US withdrawal of the nuclear agreement and its consequences, which paralyzed its oil industry, disrupted its economy and reduced its export to less than 200 thousand barrels. daily after exporting two million barrels only one year ago.

The US president warned that the attacks had a negative impact not only on the Saudi Kingdom, but also on global economies, including the United States. This is a warning for everyone, especially for oil consuming countries which, unfortunately, are not worried about what is happening with the aggressive and favorable policies of terrorism by Iran.

It is true that the Kingdom has the capacity and also the will to deal with and respond to such an attack, as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has made clear in his telephone conversation with President Trump. But the West, especially the Europeans, must put aside their apathetic position and assume their responsibility to stop Iran's aggressive behavior.

What is worse is that these countries do not fulfill their responsibilities and above all, they criticize the Kingdom for facing Iranian interference in Yemen. However, they want oil supplies to continue and demand fair prices, but without contributing anything to make that happen.

Probably one day they wake up to see that the price of a barrel of crude oil reached three digits. Only then will they know very well that Saudi Arabia was not the only one under attack, but the global economy that is about to face a catastrophe.

Any disruption of the oil sector in Saudi Arabia would have a negative impact on the global economy, as the Kingdom exports more crude oil than any other country, according to the Wall Street Journal.

When Riyadh said it would compensate for a "fraction" of the amounts that were interrupted by its refineries' attack on its customers through reserves, it has demonstrated its responsibility as a country that contributes to global stability. However, this role will not continue indefinitely. The recurrence of these attacks will have an impact on Saudi oil reserves. Then Saudi Arabia would have repeatedly warned about the danger of Iranian actions and no one would have responded.

Perhaps they are waiting for an economic disaster or perhaps Iran has left no room for another solution to avoid this disaster that the scenario proposed by the Khomeinists increases. Then, the Western world will ask for a massive and total American attack on Iranian targets, but that will happen when the West, especially Europe begins to suffer from fuel shortages.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Saudi Arabia to analyze the response to attacks against the two Aramco oil facilities, according to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. on Tuesday morning. President Donald Trump warned Monday night that the US was "prepared and ready" to respond to the attacks, but has stressed that it does not want a war. If Iran carried out Saturday's attacks to pressure Trump to ease sanctions aimed at pressuring Tehran on its nuclear program, that strategy will fail, Pence said.

The Saudi-led Arab coalition said Monday through a statement that the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil plants was carried out with Iranian weapons and was not launched from Yemen based on preliminary findings. Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said an investigation into Saturday's attacks, which had been claimed by the Houthi militia aligned with Iran, was still in process to determine the location of the launch. "Preliminary results show that the weapons are Iranian and we are currently working to determine the location … The terrorist attack did not originate in Yemen, as the Huti militia said," said Maliki. at a press conference in Riyadh. He said authorities would reveal the exact location from where drones and missiles were launched at a future press conference. Malki said that the Kingdom is the world's leading oil exporter and is capable of protecting vital energy and economic sites. However, it raffies that "that cowardly act is aimed primarily at the world economy and not at Saudi Arabia."

The political and military authorities of the Kingdom evaluate a response of magnitude to the attack, the US is aware of it. Contrary to sensu, the European foreign ministers, who also suspect that the Kingdom will not let this attack pass without retaliation, once again they show off the warmth of the governments of Europe and try hard to avoid that response.
Iran's regime has gone a long way in these latest actions. And with that he has put into play his future and the continuity of the Khomeinists in power. The days that come will be decisive in the rearrangement of the regional power map in the ancient war between Arab Sunnis and Persian Shiites.