Thick black smoke billowed into the sky, making day seem more like night. Toxic rain mixed with oil fell from the air, while a central boulevard was lined by a wall of flame. In the Iranian capital, authorities said Israeli strikes hit a number of oil and gas facilities in and around the city. In one video geolocated by NBC News, roiling orange flames and belching smoke could be seen rising from the Aghdasieh fuel depot in the city’s northern Tajrish district. 👇🏻⬇️more in the 1rst comments ⬇️👇🏻

“The economic effects of this war spreading to infrastructure across the region and the world will be very large and long lasting” he was quoted as saying by the semi-official ISNA news agency.

According to Greg Brew, a senior analyst at the Eurasia Group think tank, the oil markets have for months managed to absorb pressure built up from the Trump administration’s foreign policy actions. That’s ranged from allowing Ukraine to hit back against Russia by bombing terminals and tankers to the U.S. blockading Venezuela.

“For months, this admin has pushed the envelope on what oil markets would absorb,” he wrote on X. “Each time they managed to land a blow without causing a shock, they got bolder.” That increased “the odds that they would overreach and do something truly calamitous. Behold,” he said.