Iran warns US, Israeli water desalination facilities in region will be hit if energy infrastructure attacked

Iran’s highest operational command unit has warned of retaliation if the country’s fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked in the US-Israeli aggression.

The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which coordinates operations between Iran’s Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), issued the warning on Sunday after the United States threatened to target Iranian power plants.

“If Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked by the enemy, all energy infrastructure, as well as information technology (IT) and water desalination facilities, belonging to the US and the regime in the region will be targeted pursuant to previous warnings,” said spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari.

The warning came after US President Donald Trump, whose efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz have all failed, said the United States will “hit and obliterate” Iran’s “various power plants, starting with the biggest one first!” if the country does not open the strategic waterway.

Since February 28, when the US and Israel launched their unprovoked aggression, Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz to oil and gas tankers affiliated with the aggressor regimes and those cooperating with them.

The disruption of tanker traffic in the waterway, lying between the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, has triggered a major surge in energy prices.

In a desperate attempt to control the market, Trump said that the US Navy will escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. He even offered political risk insurance for tankers transiting there.

The US president also sought to form a coalition to secure the strait, asking NATO countries to contribute naval and air assets. However, most of Washington’s allies have declined to commit forces.

The Iranian Armed Forces have conducted retaliatory strikes against locations in the Israeli occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region based on the principle of “eye for an eye,” inflicting heavy losses on the adversaries.

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