Iran Will Respond to Attack on US Infrastructure If Its Energy Facilities Are Attacked

JAKARTA - Iran threatened to destroy infrastructure in the region if the US targeted its country's infrastructure.

Spokesperson for the Headquarters of the Khatam al-Anbiya Center of Iran Ebrahim Zolfaghari said that if the US destroys infrastructure in Iran, they will retaliate.

"Destroy the infrastructure, we will destroy any remaining infrastructure in the region," Zolfaghari said, quoted by the FARS news agency, Thursday, July 16.

He also warned Tehran "under no circumstances will allow the US, as a foreign country and outside the region, to interfere in the Strait of Hormuz."

"This is Iran's red line that must not be crossed," Zolfaghari continued.

He said Iran's response was not an equal blow but "a superior blow," adding that any retaliation would be "more severe, wider, and more destructive than before."

The statement comes amid rising tensions between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides attacking each other despite a Pakistani-mediated memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict and reaching a lasting peace deal.