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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/03/09/iran-gulf-oil-attacks-regime-survival-diplomats/
Iranian Attacks Expected to Taper Off as Launch Capabilities Degraded
(Israel Hayom) Danny Zaken - Washington and Gulf capitals assessed Monday that Iran plans to intensify attacks on Gulf oil and gas facilities. Diplomatic sources from the Gulf said Iran is broadening its effort to pressure the U.S. by driving up global oil prices through those attacks. "If Iran is attacking the oil facilities of its Arab neighbors, it means it feels the end is near and must use every maximum measure available to force the Americans to stop," a Gulf diplomat said. The current expectation is that this situation will last several days or perhaps somewhat longer, with oil prices rising to some degree, more so in Europe and the East than in the U.S., but not over the long term. The American scenario anticipates that after several days, Iranian attacks will taper off due to the daily attrition from American and Israeli strikes and from damage to the regime's leadership and infrastructure. An Israeli official assessed that the current Tehran leadership, facing acute distress, is playing every remaining card to bring the war to a quick end. The official said Iran's current strategy of fire directed at Israel amounts to a war of attrition - firing individual missiles during daylight hours to disrupt the Israeli economy, while carefully managing its weapons inventory to sustain weeks of harassment. Israel and the U.S. are working to degrade launch capabilities and hit symbols of regime power and its infrastructure.