US asks Israel not to strike Iran's oil infrastructure - report

The U.S. administration has asked Israel to refrain from additional strikes on Iranian energy facilities, particularly oil infrastructure, Axios reported, citing sources.

The messages were conveyed at a senior political level and to the Israeli army's Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, according to an Israeli official.

Washington said the strikes hurt ordinary Iranians, many of whom they think oppose the government in Tehran. U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to cooperate with Iran's oil sector after the war, and is concerned that attacks on the energy infrastructure could provoke massive Iranian retaliation against Gulf oil facilities.

Trump sees strikes on Iranian energy assets as a "doomsday option," to be conducted only if Iran first targets Gulf oil infrastructure.

Other ⁠reasons included a fear that such strikes would harm the ​Iranian public and trigger massive ​Iranian retaliatory attacks on energy ⁠infrastructure ‌across Gulf ‌states, Axios reported.