US did not take part in attack on Iran's South Pars natural gas field source

Dubai, Mar 18 (AP) Israel killed another top Iranian official — the intelligence minister — in its campaign against the Islamic Republic's leadership, and an Iranian offshore natural gas field was struck Wednesday amid the war's escalating pressure on the region's economic lifeblood: energy.
    Iran has been striking its Persian Gulf neighbors' energy facilities since the war started on Feb. 28, and has made the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel — through which one-fifth of the world's oil travels — nearly impassable.
    The United States was informed about Israel's plans to strike Iran's massive South Pars natural gas field, but did not take part in it, according to a person familiar with the matter.     The person, who was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, would not say if the US administration agreed with the Israeli decision to attack the gas field — part of the world's largest such resource and a pillar of Iran's energy supplies. (AP)
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