The precision of these strikes allowed Iran to hold its own against the US military and blunted US war plans, while affected Gulf states frequently concealed the resulting equipment failures. After Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf noted on X in early September that regional oil and gas production chains were exposed, Iran struck three pumping stations on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline three days later.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Iran Hits 84 Gulf Sites in 135 Strikes to Blunt US War Plans
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Drones and missiles from Iran and its allies struck water plants, airports and refineries across seven Persian Gulf nations starting February 28. Attackers hit at least 84 infrastructure sites at least 135 times in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, including a nuclear power station, a Reuters investigation found. The munitions targeted specific equipment, some only a few meters across, to trigger cascading failures, demonstrating that civilian damage was the intentional goal rather than a side effect of falling debris.
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