Axios: Israeli strikes on fuel depots in Iran have for the first time caused strong disagreements between the U.S. and Israel.
Israel's strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots "significantly exceeded" U.S. expectations and for the first time provoked strong disagreements between allies, Axios reports, citing sources from both sides, as quoted by Meduza. Israel carried out the strikes on fuel depots on Saturday, March 7.
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The Israeli side informed the U.S. about this attack. However, American military officials were shocked by the scale of the strikes, Axios writes. According to an Israeli official, the message from the U.S. to Israel after this was: "WTF" (What The Fuck).
@newssplashx A massive fire has broken out at an oil depot in the Aghdasieh area of Tehran amid ongoing regional tensions. This incident follows U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that Iran "will be hit very hard" today, as part of the escalating conflict. China remains Iran's primary oil buyer, importing an estimated average of around 1.4 million barrels per day from Iran in 2025 (accounting for roughly 13% of China's seaborne crude imports and over 80-90% of Iran's total oil exports), often via discounted channels. Reports indicate no confirmed official cause for the fire at this time. #TehranFire #IranOil #MiddleEastTensions #OilDepot #Geopolitics ♬ original sound - News Splash
According to Axios, the U.S. is concerned that Israeli strikes on infrastructure may unite Iranian society around the regime and lead to rising oil prices. "The president does not like this attack. He wants to save oil, not burn it. And it reminds people of high gasoline prices," said an advisor to Donald Trump.
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (a close ally of Trump) urged Israel to "be careful" in choosing targets. He noted that Israel has demonstrated "impressive capabilities" when it comes to undermining the regime. But "the day will come when the Iranian people will decide their own fate," and in this regard, Israel should "be careful" as the oil economy will be crucial for the people of Iran to "start a new and better life after the regime falls."
In turn, strikes on fuel depots by American forces will lead to an environmental disaster in the Middle East with far-reaching consequences, concluded Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of Southeast Norway, on social media X.
"Even sewage in Tehran caught fire after the attacks on fuel depots. The U.S. has unleashed an environmental disaster that will cause cancer and other diseases for decades," he lamented, as reported by bb.lv.
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