{"id":4996,"date":"2026-03-22T13:03:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2026-03-22T13:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:03:04","slug":"iran-threatens-to-hit-us-energy-infrastructure-after-trump-threatens-to-obliterate-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=4996","title":{"rendered":"Iran threatens to hit US energy infrastructure after\u00a0Trump threatens to \u2018obliterate\u2019 power plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>A fresh warning from Iran\u2019s military has sharpened tensions in the region, signalling that any strike on its energy network could trigger a wider retaliation targeting US-linked infrastructure.<\/p> <p>\u201cFollowing previous warnings, if Iran&#8217;s fuel and energy infrastructure is violated by the enemy, all energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure belonging to the US and the regime in the region will be targeted,\u201d the Iranian military&#8217;s operational command Khatam Al-Anbiya said in a statement carried by Fars news agency, reported by AFP.<\/p> <p>The statement comes hours after US President Donald Trump threatened direct action against Iran\u2019s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened within 48 hours.<\/p> <p>Iranian media, citing the Unified Combatant Command of the Iranian Armed Forces, said any attack on Iran\u2019s fuel and energy facilities would be met with strikes on US energy infrastructure across the region.<\/p> <p><strong>Trump&#8217;s 48-hour ultimatum<\/strong><\/p> <p>Trump, in a post on Truth Social, outlined the US position in explicit terms.<\/p> <p>\u201cIf Iran doesn&#8217;t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.\u201d<\/p> <p>At the same time, US Central Command said its objectives remain unchanged.<\/p> <p>\u201cU.S. forces remain centered on very clear military objectives in eliminating Iran&#8217;s ability to project power against Americans, and against its neighbors,\u201d it said.<\/p> <p><strong>Conflict widens as long-range missiles are deployed<\/strong><\/p> <p>The military dimension of the conflict is also shifting. Israeli officials said Iran has used long-range ballistic missiles for the first time since the war began.<\/p> <p>Eyal Zamir said Iran launched two 4,000-km-range ballistic missiles at the US-UK military base at Diego Garcia. The Israeli military described it as the \u201cfirst time\u201d Iran had used such long-range missiles since the United States and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28.<\/p> <p>\u201cThese missiles are not intended to strike Israel. Their range reaches European capitals:\u00a0Berlin, Paris and Rome are all within direct threat range,\u201d Zamir said.<\/p> <p>Iranian media also reported strikes by US and Israeli forces on the Shahid Ahmadi-Roshan Natanz enrichment complex earlier in the day.<\/p> <\/div> <p>Iran US energy war threat, Trump Iran obliterate power plants warning, Iran targets US energy infrastructure, Strait of Hormuz conflict impact oil prices, US Iran war latest escalation 2026, Middle East energy infrastructure under threat, Iran retaliation US assets Gulf region, global oil supply disruption Hormuz crisis, Iran missile escalation Diego Garcia base, US Israel Iran conflict energy security impact<br \/> #Iran #threatens #hit #energy #infrastructure #afterTrump #threatens #obliterate #power #plants1774155784<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh warning from Iran\u2019s military has sharpened tensions in the region, signalling that any strike on its energy network could trigger a wider retaliation targeting US-linked infrastructure. \u201cFollowing previous warnings, if Iran&#8217;s fuel and energy infrastructure is violated by the enemy, all energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure belonging to the US and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[18437,2069,18434,2185,4324,968,18435,18433,18429,18427,18432,18438,18439,370,18430,3376,18428,18431,18436],"class_list":["post-4996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-aftertrump","tag-energy","tag-global-oil-supply-disruption-hormuz-crisis","tag-hit","tag-infrastructure","tag-iran","tag-iran-missile-escalation-diego-garcia-base","tag-iran-retaliation-us-assets-gulf-region","tag-iran-targets-us-energy-infrastructure","tag-iran-us-energy-war-threat","tag-middle-east-energy-infrastructure-under-threat","tag-obliterate","tag-plants","tag-power","tag-strait-of-hormuz-conflict-impact-oil-prices","tag-threatens","tag-trump-iran-obliterate-power-plants-warning","tag-us-iran-war-latest-escalation-2026","tag-us-israel-iran-conflict-energy-security-impact"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}