

1 min readKochiUpdated: Apr 7, 2026 06:27 PM IST
As the US-Israel Iran war entered the 39th day, a Pakistani security official said Iran has signalled flexibility on talks, but continued to push preconditions.
However, two Pakistani sources were quoted as saying by Reuters that Iran missile strikes on Saudi targets risk derailing negotiations.
On Tuesday, Iran hit Saudi Arabia’s Jubail petrochemical complex, the heart of the kingdom’s downstream energy sector and housing multi-billion-dollar joint ventures, Reuters reported.
Jubail, a sprawling industrial city, houses massive joint ventures between state-backed oil giant Saudi Aramco and its petrochemical subsidiary SABIC, and Western energy majors.
The IRGC said the attacks were “in response to the enemy’s crimes in the aggression against (Iran’s) Asaluyeh petrochemical plants,” which had reportedly been hit by several explosions overnight.
The IRGC said in a statement it had “effectively targeted with medium-range missiles and several suicide drones” the Sadara complex, a $20 billion joint venture between Aramco and Dow that was shut last week, and other facilities in Jubail including one belonging to ExxonMobil.
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