IRGC Threatens Energy Shutdown, Vows to Force U.S. and Allies Out of Gulf
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard:
“We will deprive the region of oil and gas for years to come, and force America and its allies to leave the Gulf.”
US special forces rescued an airman stranded in Iran in a high-risk mission deep inside hostile territory while President Donald Trump threatened to rain “hell” on Tehran if it did not reopen the Gulf for oil flows vital to the world economy.
Trump announced the rescue in the early hours of Sunday in a social media post that described the operation in a mountainous area as “one of the most daring” such missions in US history. The airman, the weapons officer of an F-15 jet shot down on Friday, was wounded but “will be just fine”, Trump said in a message on X. The pilot was rescued on Friday.
“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, Iran-based media Press TV reported Sunday.
Second Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari and Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf made similar warnings later the same day.
Iran’s highest operational command unit later issued a stronger statement saying that the Islamic Republic will completely close the Strait of Hormuz if its electricity generation infrastructure comes under attack, per Press TV.
