{"id":2588144,"date":"2026-04-07T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-vows-proportionate-response-if-trump-attacks-power-plants\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:25:09","slug":"iran-vows-proportionate-response-if-trump-attacks-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-vows-proportionate-response-if-trump-attacks-power-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran vows &#8216;proportionate&#8217; response if Trump attacks power plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-vows-proportionate-response-if-trump-attacks-power-plants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588144&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iran\u2019s UN ambassador, Amir-Saeid Iravani, warned at a Security council session that Tehran will respond in a \u201cproportionate\u201d way if President Trump goes through with threats to destroy Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-without-power-in-texas-energy-prices-climb\/\" title=\"Millions Without Power In Texas; Energy Prices Climb\">power plants<\/a>. he condemned Trump\u2019s post that \u201cthe whole civilization will die\u201d if Iran does not strike a deal, saying such statements amount to incitement to war crimes and would trigger major consequences.Iran insists it will exercise its inherent right of self-defense and take immediate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-executive-action-to-fortify-tariff-agenda-and-counter-china-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump taking exe...ive action to fortify tariff agenda and counter China - Washington Examiner\">reciprocal measures<\/a>, and rejects U.S. demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, arguing the Security Council resolution on the matter is biased and ignores the root causes of the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations appear stalled, with Iran saying it will not accept a ceasefire but only a complete end to the war with guarantees that another conflict won\u2019t follow.The Islamic Revolutionary guard Corps has intensified rhetoric, pledging actions to deprive the region of oil and gas and signaling that past restraint has ended.Trump\u2019s warnings and the deadline he set have unsettled Iran, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >briefly cut diplomatic contact<\/a> and claims to be in a stronger position with thousands of missiles ready. Ther was even a report that Pakistan\u2019s prime minister asked Trump to extend the deadline by two weeks in exchange for Iran allowing ships to pass through Hormuz. Analysts note that strikes on Iran\u2019s power plants would significantly damage regional power grids.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran vows &lsquo;proportionate&rsquo; response if Trump follows through on power plant threat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2554047\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran&rsquo;s<\/a> representative at the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"110\"> United Nations<\/a> is vowing a &ldquo;proportionate&rdquo; response if President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> follows through on his threats to destroy the country&rsquo;s power plants.<\/p>\n<p>At a Security Council session on the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\"> Strait of Hormuz <\/a>blockade, Amir-Saeid Iravani, Tehran&rsquo;s representative at the U.N., decried Trump&rsquo;s Truth Social post saying a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4518438\/trump-warns-iran-whole-civilization-die-deal-struck\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4518438\">&ldquo;whole civilization will die&rdquo;<\/a> if Iran doesn&rsquo;t strike a deal, &ldquo;constitute incitement to war crimes and potentially genocide.&rdquo; He then warned of major consequences if the threat was carried out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Iran will not stand idle in the face of such egregious war crimes. It will exercise, without hesitation, its inherent right of self-defense and will take immediate and proportionate reciprocal measures,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Iravani also showed no sign that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tehran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3008\">Tehran<\/a> would bend to Trump&rsquo;s demand to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, denouncing the Security Council&rsquo;s resolution on the matter as &ldquo;entirely one-sided, biased and indefensible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It distort[s] the realities on the ground by falsely attributing responsibility to Iran, the victim of the aggression, while deliberately ignoring the root causes of the current crisis,&rdquo; he said, defending the blockade as having &ldquo;been taken in the exercise of [the country&rsquo;s] inherent right of self-defense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, negotiations seem to have hit a standstill. Iravani said Tehran rejected a ceasefire and will only accept a complete end to the war, along with guarantees that another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-ukraine-will-nominate-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Zelensky says Ukraine will nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize\">war won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t be forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has also amped up its rhetoric. In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/iran-war-2026-trump-deadline-latest-news\/card\/iran-threatens-attacks-to-deprive-middle-east-of-oil-3gnhFhzd2ttutoX2lAur\">message to mobile subscribers<\/a> in Iran, it vowed to &ldquo;do something to deprive America and its allies of oil and gas in the region for years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">regional partners<\/a> should also know that until today we have shown great restraint for the sake of good neighborliness, but since then all these considerations have been lifted,&rdquo; they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s threat that &ldquo;A whole civilization will die tonight&rdquo; if a deal isn&rsquo;t reached seemed to have turned Iranians away from negotiations, at least temporarily. Earlier in the day, it was reported that they cut off all diplomatic contact with the U.S., and they claimed to be &ldquo;winning&rdquo; and have thousands of missiles still ready in their arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The president was also pessimistic about <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">reaching a diplomatic ag<\/span>reement,&nbsp;telling Fox News&nbsp;host Brett Baier, &ldquo;8 p.m. is happening,&rdquo; referring to his deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4518912\/iran-regional-power-grids-damage\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4518912\">STRIKES ON IRAN&rsquo;S POWER PLANTS WOULD DEAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO REGIONAL POWER GRIDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we get to that point, there is going to be an attack like they have not seen,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, however, there seemed to be some movement, with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cmshehbaz\/status\/2041596151108137363?s=46\">Pakistani Prime Minister asking Trump to extend<\/a> the deadline for two weeks, in exchange for Iran allowing ships through the Strait of Hormuz during the same period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran vows proportional response if Trump targets plants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2588145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26096572630812.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32404,3823,77346,4115,3634],"class_list":["post-2588144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-geopolitics","tag-iran","tag-power-plants-2","tag-response","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26096572630812.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588144"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588148,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588144\/revisions\/2588148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}