Iran's Revolutionary Guard issued a warning Monday about targeting electrical facilities that supply power to American military installations across the Middle East. The threat comes as tensions escalate over President Trump's ultimatum regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s military leadership issued a stark warning Monday, vowing to strike electrical infrastructure that supplies power to U.S. military installations throughout the Middle East region.
The threat came from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as tensions continue to escalate between Tehran and Washington over control of critical shipping lanes.
Iranian state broadcasters aired the warning during Monday morning programming, delivering a message that represents Tehran’s latest effort to justify its recent actions against Gulf Arab nations.
“What we have done is to announce our decision that if the power plants are attacked, Iran will retaliate by targeting the power plants of the occupying regime and the power plants of regional countries that supply electricity to US bases, as well as the economic, industrial and energy infrastructures in which Americans have shares,” the statement declared, using Iran’s typical reference to Israel as an “occupying regime.”
The Revolutionary Guard added a pointed emphasis: “Do not doubt that we will do this.”
This escalation follows President Trump’s weekend warning that American forces would target Iranian electrical facilities within 48 hours unless Tehran stops interfering with shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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