Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on September 7 that U.S. oil and gas companies operating in related waters and facilities could face retaliation if the United States attacks Iranian energy assets. He said Iran’s domestic oil and gas production chain is widely distributed, accessible and insufficiently protected, leaving comparable vulnerabilities for American energy interests. Ghalibaf said Iran had already demonstrated this capability and pointed to bases that are no longer operational, according to BlockBeats and Jin10.