Iran warns it will destroy regional infrastructure if US attacks Iranian facilities

President Donald Trump re‑imposed a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to strike Iranian power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to negotiations. In response, Iran’s Khatam al‑Anbiya Central Headquarters spokesman Ebrahim Zolfagari warned that any U.S. attacks would lead Iran to “crush all remaining infrastructure across the region” and that “no trace of them will remain.” He also called any U.S. intervention in the Strait of Hormuz an “invincible red line.”

The United States has carried out nightly strikes on Iranian military targets, including air‑defence sites, radar installations and a Patriot system at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem base, as well as facilities in Bandar Abbas and on Greater Tunb Island. Iran has retaliated with missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, and reports said it also struck Iraqi Kurdistan. The exchange has raised concerns of a wider regional war, with analysts noting that up to 20 million barrels of oil a day flow through Hormuz, making disruptions a major risk to global energy markets. Pakistan has called on both sides to end the fighting and resume the June peace protocol.

The heightened rhetoric and reciprocal strikes underscore the fragile security of the Gulf and the possibility of further escalation affecting shipping, oil prices and regional stability.