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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has issued a sharply worded statement condemning Israel’s killing of three senior Iranian figures in recent days, describing the attacks as part of an “assassination spree.”

“Imagine an Iranian president coolly presenting a ‘kill list’ to a foreign ambassador: the US president, Congressional leaders, top Generals,” he wrote on X. “And then declaring, without hesitation: ‘We will eliminate them, one by one.’”

Araghchi also accused international actors of double standards.

“But when it comes to Israel, the usual rules of the game do not seem to apply,” he said. “The very same guardians of ‘law and order’ fall silent, equivocate, or worse, supply the weapons and the cover.”

He said Israel’s actions go beyond hypocrisy, calling them “a calculated moral collapse.”

Oil prices rose and global stocks fell on Friday after strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field and warnings from Tehran that regional energy facilities could be targeted.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, climbed to $108.51 a barrel, up almost 5 percent, while US crude rose to $98, gaining 1.86 percent.

European natural gas prices also jumped 6.6 percent .

Iran’s National Iranian Gas Company says the country’s gas network remains stable following today’s attack on gas facilities in the south.

In a statement published by Tasnim news agency, the company said “part of the refining units” were damaged but gas production continues and teams are working to restore operations.

It added that a fire at the South Pars facility has been extinguished, with equipment cooling operations now under way.

President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to send US forces into Iran to seize nuclear material, a move described as highly dangerous, according to CBS News, citing sources familiar with the matter.

In private conversations, Trump has told people close to him that he has “a lot of decisions to make,” as the Pentagon prepares multiple options for the next phase of the conflict.

After US strikes on three nuclear sites last June, the UN nuclear watchdog said it could not account for an estimated 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium Iran had prior to the attacks.

Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said after attacks on the country’s infrastructure that an “eye for an eye” approach was now in effect and a new level of conflict had begun.

“Last night, the people of Iran thwarted all the enemy’s plans,” Ghalibaf said on X.

“The equation of an eye for an eye is now in effect, and a new level of conflict has begun,” he added.