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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-813776
Iran's Vulnerable Oil Facilities
(Jerusalem Post) Prof. Hillel Frisch - If Israel retaliates directly against Iran, it should hit at regime targets and refrain as much as possible from harming the Iranian population. Iran's two key vulnerable points, the island of Kharg and the Bandar Abbas complex of three ports along Iran's southern shores, are very tempting objectives. Some 80% of the oil Iran exports to the world is stored at Kharg, an island smaller than Ben-Gurion Airport. Oil export earnings account for at least 40% of the regime's national expenditures. One can safely assume that Israel Air Force pilots have been training to destroy a part or all of the facility for years. The Bandar Abbas complex accounts for 70% of Iran's container imports. The writer is a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, and professor (emeritus) at Bar-Ilan University.