Iran Targets Regional Energy Facilities if US-Israel Attacks Continue
Iran’s highest operational command unit has issued a severe warning to the United States, Israel, and their allies against continuing attacks on the country’s infrastructure. Tehran has even threatened to target energy facilities in the region as a form of counter-pressure.
The warning was delivered on Wednesday by the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which coordinates military operations between the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The headquarters’ spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari, emphasised that Iran is prepared to take firm action if the attacks persist.
“We will target the infrastructure of the US and its allies in a way that will deprive them of regional oil and gas for years and force them to withdraw from the area,” he stated in remarks quoted by Press TV.
This statement comes amid rising tensions following a series of attacks launched by the United States and Israel against several vital Iranian facilities, including the petrochemical sector, transportation routes, and other strategic infrastructure since late February.
The situation has intensified after US President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Iran to immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route previously closed by Tehran to entities deemed enemies.
Iran has asserted that it will not yield to such pressure and will only accept an end to the conflict if all forms of aggression against its territory are completely halted.
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The latest attack reportedly involved the use of a multiple rocket launcher system by the IRGC, used for the first time in this series of retaliatory operations.
Zolfaqari emphasised that Iran’s military operations will continue on a larger scale.
“The effective and devastating waves of operations by the Iranian Armed Forces against the military, security, and economic infrastructure of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories, as well as against criminal US-related centres in the region, will continue with greater intensity and volume,” he concluded.
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