National Iranian Gas Company Chief: Tehran Will Respond in Kind to Any US Threat Against Its Energy Facilities

Saeed Tavakoli, Iran's deputy oil minister and chief executive of the National Iranian Gas Company, told Russia's RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week event that the war the United States created for itself, ignoring international norms, has affected the energy sector worldwide. According to Mehr News Agency, which published the remarks on Friday, October 16, 2026 (24 Mehr 1405), he added that if the US threatens Iran's energy facilities, Tehran will respond in a timely and appropriate way.

Tavakoli said Iran will take timely, precise and appropriate retaliatory measures against the threats and damage the enemy intends to inflict on the country. The remarks are an official warning; the form a response would take and its possible targets were not described.