Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned it will attack energy infrastructure across the Middle East if Iran’s oil and gas facilities are attacked during the war between the United States and Israel.
In a statement published by Iranian state media, Khatam al-Anbiya, spokesman for the military’s Central Operations Command, said even a limited attack on Iran’s energy facilities or ports would trigger a serious response.
“We warn the aggressor government and all its allies that even minor attacks on the energy infrastructure and ports of the Islamic Republic of Iran will result in an overwhelming and devastating response,” the spokesperson said.
The official warned that retaliation would not be limited to Iranian territory.
“Such an attack would ignite and destroy all oil and gas infrastructure in the region, in which the United States and its Western allies have a vested interest,” the statement said.
The warning comes as tensions between Iran, the United States and Israel continue to rise amid an escalation in a conflict that has already resulted in widespread military attacks.
U.S. forces have attacked more than 5,500 targets inside Iran since the war began, including attacks on more than 60 ships, according to U.S. Central Command.
LARIJANI warns regional chaos will expand further
Senior Iranian officials also issued additional warnings about the potential consequences of further escalation.
Ali Larijani, secretary-general of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said an attack on Iran’s power infrastructure could trigger widespread chaos across the region. “If they do so, the entire area will be dark in less than 30 minutes, and the darkness will provide ample opportunity to track American soldiers running for safety,” Larijani wrote in a post to X on Thursday.
“It’s easy to start a war, but you can’t win it with a few tweets,” he said, adding, “We will not relent until you apologize for this grave misjudgment.”
These remarks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said that U.S. forces had significantly neutralized Iran’s military capabilities in the U.S.-Israel war that began on February 28. “They don’t have a navy, they don’t have an air force, they don’t have anti-aircraft guns. We just run free over the country,” Trump told reporters in Maryland.
Iran’s leadership calls for unity
Larijani’s comments followed a statement by Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who called for national unity as the conflict intensifies.
He also said the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes, would remain closed to pressure Iran’s enemies.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Tehran’s goal was to ensure that such a conflict would never be inflicted on Iran again.
“We want to see that war is never brought to Iran again,” Takht-Ravanchi told AFP in an interview in Tehran. He said hostilities had resumed months after a previous cessation of fighting.
“When the war started last June, the so-called hostilities stopped after 12 days, but then we regrouped eight or nine months later and did it again,” he said.
“I don’t want to be treated like this again in the future.”
Takht-Ravanchi said Tehran had warned neighboring countries of the consequences if they joined US military action against Iran.
“Before the war began, we repeatedly informed our neighbors that if the United States attacked Iran, all American assets and all U.S. military bases would become legitimate targets of Iran,” he said.
The current conflict erupted on February 28 when Israel and the United States launched airstrikes against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and sparking a broader regional confrontation.
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