L'Iran multiplie les frappes, l'AIE veut débloquer les réserves de pétrole
Iran claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a large-scale offensive and targeted an oil field in Saudi Arabia, as the International Energy Agency (IEA) considers an unprecedented use of strategic reserves in the face of soaring crude oil prices.
G7 leaders are due to meet by videoconference on Wednesday to discuss the economic impact of the conflict, which is sending oil prices soaring and threatens to cripple the global economy.
The release by major countries of an unprecedented volume of their reserves, greater than that agreed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, should be finalized during the day, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Since the start of the war launched on February 28 by the United States and Israel, Iran has retaliated by de facto blocking the Strait of Hormuz and targeting energy infrastructure.
An Iranian drone attack on Tuesday caused the closure of the Ruwais refinery in the United Arab Emirates, one of the largest in the world.
As fuel prices soar, US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with "unprecedented military consequences" if it mines the Strait of Hormuz, through which normally 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas production passes.
Iran, however, showed no sign of changing course: during the night, its ideological army, the Revolutionary Guards, claimed responsibility for the "most violent and heaviest wave of strikes since the beginning of the war" across the region.
Saudi Arabia notably indicated that it had neutralized several drones targeting the giant Shaybah oil field, on the border with the United Arab Emirates, as well as missiles targeting the Prince Sultan air base which houses American military personnel near Riyadh.
After several days of surges - reaching nearly $120 a barrel on Monday - oil prices remain high, around $88 for Brent.
It is in this context that French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a videoconference meeting of G7 heads of state and government on Wednesday at 2:00 PM GMT on "the economic consequences" of the war in Iran, including the "energy situation" and "measures to mitigate them".
New strikes in Lebanon
Having joined the conflict on Washington's side on February 28, Israel suffered further missile attacks from Iran overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Israeli Channel 12 reported several injuries in strikes near Tel Aviv.
Israel itself continued to strike Iran and the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah. A strike also hit an apartment in the center of the capital on Wednesday, the second time since the start of the conflict, according to the official ANI news agency.
According to the Lebanese government, "nearly 760,000 displaced persons" have been registered since March 2, the start of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
In Tehran, some explosions rattled the windows of an AFP journalist's apartment in the north of the city.
When interviewed by AFP, a resident of the capital reassured herself earlier by thinking that the bombings "weren't targeting ordinary buildings," but rather "police stations, mosques, and military sites." "But imagine: a police station is hit at the end of your street. All your windows shatter. That's what many people have experienced," she described.
Iran, however, refuses to submit, multiplying its missile and drone attacks towards Israel and neighboring Gulf countries, major hydrocarbon producers and some of which host American bases.
The Revolutionary Guards again claimed on Wednesday to have launched missiles at the US base in Arifjan, Kuwait.
"The aggressor must be punished and receive a lesson that will deter him from attacking Iran again," warned Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday.
The Iranian police chief also warned on Wednesday that any protester challenging the authorities would be treated as an "enemy".
Authorities in Tehran on Sunday appointed Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader, following the death of his father in Israeli-American strikes on the first day of the war.
But the heir has still not been seen. Without giving details, state television mentioned that he had been "injured" during the conflict.
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