Iran warns it could strike regional bridges and energy facilities after Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iranian infrastructure over attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran has warned it will consider striking bridges and critical infrastructure across the region after US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iranian bridges and power plants in response to attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
“If the Americans target an Iranian bridge or power plant, Iran will respond by striking infrastructure and bridges across the region, including energy facilities in which the United States has interests,” a senior Iranian official told Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
“The Americans should by now, after these past 10 days, be fully convinced that Iran strikes wherever it decides to strike. Therefore, any such gamble by Trump will once again end in his embarrassment,” the official added.
The official further said Tehran would continue to “exercise its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz” and “will not relinquish (its) firm resolve to control the Strait.”
The warning came hours after Trump posted that the United States would “bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant” every time Iran attacks a ship transiting the strategic waterway.
US Continues Strikes, Casualties Rise
The US military said it carried out a 12th consecutive night of strikes against Iran, saying the operations were aimed at degrading Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in regional waters.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi reiterated Tehran’s “eye for an eye” doctrine, posting that “any aggression against Iran, including our infrastructure, will compel a powerful and decisive response.”
Meanwhile, Iranian state media reported US missile strikes near Ahvaz, Ramshir and Andimeshk in western Iran.
According to Rasd Akhbar Shehaba and IRIB News, the death toll from the US missile strike on the Shalamcheh border crossing has risen to three, based on an initial count.
Khuzestan officials said relief operations are continuing and those injured are receiving medical treatment.