Iran Warns U.S.: "Complete Destruction of Middle East Infrastructure... Prolonged Rise in Oil Prices"

Trump Issues Ultimatum on Strait of Hormuz
Iran Responds with Hardline Countermeasures

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, X (formerly Twitter)

After U.S. President Donald Trump demanded the opening of the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours and warned of the "obliteration" of Iranian power plant facilities, Iran responded with a threat to completely destroy energy facilities across the Middle East.

According to The New York Times (NYT) and other sources on March 22 (local time), Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s unified military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned, "If Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked by the enemy, every energy and desalination facility used by the United States and its allies in the region will become a target."

He added, "Iran will now go beyond the principle of 'an eye for an eye,'" and stressed, "We will respond to any hostile attack with even more severe consequences."

On the same day, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament and a hardliner, also wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "The moment our power plants and infrastructure are targeted, the core infrastructure, energy, and oil facilities throughout this region will be irreversibly destroyed, and international oil prices will rise for a prolonged period."

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