{"id":2595443,"date":"2026-04-26T23:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-vows-massive-strikes-if-oil-infrastructure-explodes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:31:49","slug":"iran-vows-massive-strikes-if-oil-infrastructure-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-vows-massive-strikes-if-oil-infrastructure-explodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran vows massive strikes if oil infrastructure &#8216;explodes&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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-massive-strikes-if-oil-infrastructure-explodes%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=2595443&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 has warned it will resume strikes on regional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-military-officers-sound-alarm-on-ufo-report-the-tech-outstrips-our-arsenal-by-at-least-100-years\/\" title=\"Ex-Military Officers Sound Alarm On UFO Report: The Tech \u2018Outstrips Our Arsenal By At Least 100 Years...\">oil facilities<\/a> 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 \u201cexplodes,\u201d arguing Tehran is producing more than it can store and can\u2019t export because of the blockade. iran immediately rejected the claim, saying any incidental damage would be met with retaliation-\u201cfour times the damage\u201d-against infrastructure in countries that support the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The threats come as weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden...s First Foreign Policy Speech\">peace talks<\/a> 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.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Iran has threatened to resume strikes on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oil\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oil\">oil<\/a> facilities in the region if any of its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >oil infrastructure \u201cexplodes\u201d due<\/a> to the U.S.\u2019s blockade on its ports.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4543667\/trump-iran-three-days-oil-explodes-blockade\/\">claimed<\/a> earlier on Sunday that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iran<\/a> has just three days before its oil lines explode, as Tehran is producing far more than it can store and can\u2019t send the oil anywhere because of the blockade.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4543195\/viktor-orban-leave-parliament-after-hungary-election-defeat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Viktor Orban will leave Parliament after election defeat<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4543100\/russian-attacks-kill-five-wound-more-than-40-ukraines-dnipro\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 40 in Ukraine\u2019s Dnipro as 1 dies in Russia<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4543071\/gunfire-blasts-rock-mali-attackers-hit-capital\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The claim provoked an immediate response from Iran, with Tehran framing any incidental \u201cdamage\u201d to its oil infrastructure as an \u201cact of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cIf, as Trump claims, any part of our infrastructure \u2014 including oil wells \u2014 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,\u201d Esmail Saghab Esfahani, an Iranian vice president of energy, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saghabesfahani\/status\/2048459282153160758\">posted<\/a> on X. \u201cOur math is different: 1 oil well = 4 oil wells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The threat comes as peace talks were canceled over the weekend and the U.S. blockade continues.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has seemed content with waiting for Iran to produce a proposal to end the war, saying his administration has \u201call the cards.\u201d He also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4543710\/trump-negotiators-no-travel-iran-peace-talks\/\">said<\/a> U.S. negotiators will no longer be traveling abroad for talks.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4543710\/trump-negotiators-no-travel-iran-peace-talks\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4543710\/trump-negotiators-no-travel-iran-peace-talks\/\">TRUMP SAYS US NEGOTIATORS WILL NO LONGER PHYSICALLY TRAVEL FOR IRAN PEACE TALKS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran warns of renewed oil strikes if U.S. port blockade causes \u201cexplosions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2595444,"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\/iran-oil-infrastructure.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[3823,78636,32726,78637],"class_list":["post-2595443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-iran-iraq-relations","tag-middle-east","tag-oil-infrastructure"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iran-oil-infrastructure.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595443","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595443"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595447,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595443\/revisions\/2595447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}