Any attack on Iran’s power plants will cause blackout in entire region: VP
Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has warned that any attack on the Iranian electricity generation infrastructure would trigger counterattacks resulting in a blackout in the entire region.
In a message issued on Sunday, Aref said that those threatening Iran with more attacks on its infrastructure would be responsible for their repercussions.
The warning came after US President Donald Trump threatened that he would order attacks on Iranian power plants if Iran does not ease its restrictions on transit in the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
“Attacking public facilities is tantamount to directly targeting the people and constitutes a clear violation of humanitarian principles and international law. The Islamic Republic of Iran will act decisively in defense of its nation and territory,” Aref said.
“An attack on Iran’s infrastructure will cause widespread blackouts across the region.”
The Iranian vice president said that Iran did not start the ongoing war with the US and Israel, but it will not hesitate to defend its people and territory and will determine how the war will end.
Iran has warned from the very beginning of the US-Israeli aggression on the country in late February that any attack on its energy infrastructure would trigger counterattacks on corresponding facilities in the region that are linked to the United States and the Israeli regime.
Attacks were launched on oil and gas facilities in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia earlier this week right after airstrikes targeted parts of Iran’s natural gas processing installations in the Persian Gulf coastal town of Asaluyeh.
Trump said after Iran’s massive attacks on a Qatari gas field that the US and Israel would not repeat airstrikes targeting Iran’s energy facilities.
However, he issued an ultimatum in the early hours of Sunday, saying he would target Iran’s power plants if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway in the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of global oil demand passes, within 48 hours.
Iran has indicated it may ease restrictions on passage through Hormuz once the aggression completely stops.
