The US and Israel’s war against Iran appeared to enter a new escalatory phase after Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran’s power plants if the Islamic republic did not open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.
The US president said American forces would “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants, “starting with the biggest one” if Tehran did not allow vessels to transit through the blocked strategic waterway through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas normally passes.
Iran, which has already severely disrupted oil and gas supplies by attacking the US’s Gulf allies, warned it would respond to any such strikes by targeting vital infrastructure across the region, including energy facilities and water desalination plants.
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