Iran vows massive strikes if oil infrastructure ‘explodes’
Iran has warned it will resume strikes on regional oil facilities if disruptions cause damage to its oil infrastructure due to the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. President Donald Trump said Iran has onyl three days before its oil supply “explodes,” arguing Tehran is producing more than it can store and can’t export because of the blockade. iran immediately rejected the claim, saying any incidental damage would be met with retaliation-“four times the damage”-against infrastructure in countries that support the U.S.
The threats come as weekend peace talks were canceled and the blockade continues. The U.S. Central Command says it has intercepted and redirected 38 vessels, though othre ships have still reportedly managed to get thru. Trump indicated his administration is waiting for Iran to propose a path to end the conflict and said U.S. negotiators will no longer travel abroad for talks.Meanwhile, Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, are holding meetings across the Middle East and Asia, including a planned Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Iran has threatened to resume strikes on oil facilities in the region if any of its oil infrastructure “explodes” due to the U.S.’s blockade on its ports.
President Donald Trump claimed earlier on Sunday that Iran has just three days before its oil lines explode, as Tehran is producing far more than it can store and can’t send the oil anywhere because of the blockade.
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The claim provoked an immediate response from Iran, with Tehran framing any incidental “damage” to its oil infrastructure as an “act of war.”
“If, as Trump claims, any part of our infrastructure — including oil wells — is damaged as a result of the blockade, we guarantee that four times the damage will be inflicted on the same infrastructure in countries that support the aggressor,” Esmail Saghab Esfahani, an Iranian vice president of energy, posted on X. “Our math is different: 1 oil well = 4 oil wells.”
The threat comes as peace talks were canceled over the weekend and the U.S. blockade continues.
Trump has seemed content with waiting for Iran to produce a proposal to end the war, saying his administration has “all the cards.” He also said U.S. negotiators will no longer be traveling abroad for talks.
The blockade itself has been partially successful. U.S. Central Command has intercepted and redirected 38 vessels so far, yet maritime trackers have shown others have gotten through.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, meanwhile, has been criss-crossing the Middle East and Asia, meeting with counterparts about the ceasefire and the struggling negotiations.
One of those meetings, scheduled for Monday, is with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a close ally yet who has kept a distance from the war thus far.
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