War in the Middle East: War between Israel and Iran: Oil and Industry in sight

In the war between Israel and Iran, the two arch enemies head for an escalation of their mutual attacks. Iranian oil and gas systems as well as trade routes for oil and important supply goods could also be targeted and other powers such as the United States conflict. Experts expect the war to continue for a long time.

Since the night of Friday, Israel has had a major attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, leading military and nuclear scientists as well as defense positions and cities. Iran sees the wave of air attacks as a declaration of war.

Dead and injured in Israel and Iran

In the night of Saturday, Iran then shot hundreds of rockets and drones towards Israel, which also hit Tel Aviv in the densely populated greater area. There were at least three dead and about 70 injuries in Israel.

According to UN ambassadors Amir Saeid Iravani, almost 100 people were killed in Iran and hundreds were injured. Most victims are civilians, among them women and children, he said before the UN Security Council in New York.

Israel and Iran threaten each other

Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened Iran and his top leader Ali Chamenei in further attacks on civilian areas in the country with serious consequences. “If Chameni continues to fire rockets on the Israeli civilian population, Tehran will burn,” said Katz after a meeting with the chief of staff, according to the announcement.

Previously, an Israeli security officer in the media had been cited with the statement that Israel would target Iranian oil systems if Iran was supposed to attack population centers in Israel.

The Israeli army announced after the intensive attacks on Iranian air defense that the Air Force now had “free rail to Tehran”.

An Iranian general threatened to block the street of hormus on the Persian Gulf, which is important for the oil trade.

Israel defends attack on Iranian nuclear facilities

Israel’s President Izchak Herzog founded the major attack on Iran with an existential threat to the Jewish state, should Iran gain atomic bombs. Iran always contested this, but uranium enriched as high as it would only be necessary for the construction of weapons. Until the end, the US foreign intelligence agency had not seen any evidence that Iran’s leadership had made a final decision to build nuclear weapons.

Concern about devastating effects for the civilian population

Israel’s sharp threats could cost sympathy among those Iranians who are critical of their government anyway. “I don’t feel anything anymore. I don’t care. For a long time, this country means nothing to me,” said a 27-year-old from Tehran. “The situation in Iran has always been bad.” At home, the parents are in a dispute. The father even feels a bloy about the killing of commanders of the revolutionary guards. The country’s military leadership is not particularly popular. The mother is sad, looks at the pictures of destroyed buildings and dead children with horror.

Among the people of Israel is great confidence in the Israeli security authorities. Last night, however, the country’s inhabitants were smacked several times by sirens and then brought themselves to safety in bunkers. For many there is concern that Iran war and the heavy rocket attacks could drag on. After the last night, the American student David (22), who lives in the center of Tel Aviv, says: “I am very worried that the attacks are getting worse. To be honest, I’m really afraid.”

Violent mutual fire

According to the armed forces, Israel was again attacked with rockets and drones at dawn. Most of the floors could have been intercepted. However, there were destruction at houses in Tel Aviv. In Iran’s capital Tehran, too, the air defense was active again at night. Eyewitnesses and local media reported explosions in the center and northeast of the city of the million.

Expert: Iran’s nuclear program not so far deceptively weakened

According to the Israeli Iran expert and former Mossad employee Sima Shine, the Iranian nuclear program has not been significantly weakened in the previous Israeli attacks. According to Israeli information, the uranium enrichment system of Natan has been taken since the start of the operation. Iran had also told the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, that the nuclear facilities in the cities of Isfahan and Fordo had also been attacked.

Israel is the only nuclear power in the region. It is a doctrine of Israel, which has existed for decades, prevent enemy countries in the region in the possession of nuclear weapons and endanger the existence of the Jewish state.

Israel follows “Hezbollah-Spruchbuch” in attacks on Iran

Middle East expert Maha Jahja, director of Carnegie Middle East Center, said CNN, Israel followed a script as in the fight against the Schiitenmiliz Heisbollah in Lebanon. There, too, the entire leadership was gradually targeted and switched off. Israel is pursuing a two -track strategy. It is aimed at Iran’s nuclear program and attempts to destabilize the leadership in Tehran. The call from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also fits the Iranians to raise their own leadership. The Israeli army has so far killed more than 20 Iranian commanders.

Future for nuclear negotiations uncertain

Washington and Tehran have been negotiating the controversial nuclear program for around two months – but most recently without progress. A new round of talks was actually scheduled for Sunday. The war between Israel and Iran makes another round of negotiations between Tehran and Washington extremely unlikely. In view of the Israeli attacks, a continuation of the indirect negotiations between the United States should not be justified, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi said in a phone call with EU chief diplomat Kaja Kallas.