US EditionIran threatens to 'completely' close Strait of Hormuz and hit power plants after Trump ultimatum
- On Sunday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it would 'completely close' the Strait of Hormuz if the United States targets Iranian energy infrastructure, responding to President Donald Trump's 48-hour ultimatum set late on Saturday.
- Retaliating after earlier strikes, Iran said its attacks in the Negev Desert hit the Natanz nuclear enrichment site and a hospital in Andimeshk, causing evacuations and scores wounded in Arad and Dimona.
- Roughly one-fifth of global oil supply passes through the strait, and tanker traffic has nearly halted, with casualty totals exceeding 2,000 and Iran's death toll surpassing 1,000.
- The Pentagon declined to comment while US officials say Iran's Revolutionary Guard controls much of Iran's infrastructure used in the war, and Tehran claims it permits safe passage for non-enemy vessels despite practically closing the strait.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency reported most of Iran's estimated 440kg of enriched uranium is beneath rubble at Isfahan, while Israel aims to weaken Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
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Before the end of US President Trump's ultimatum, Tehran threatened an escalation, such as attacks on power plants and a reduction of the Persian Gulf. Israel launched new air strikes.
Iran is also threatening to reduce sea routes in the Gulf. The head of the International Energy Agency is placing the current oil crisis more seriously than the then shocks in the 1970s. Meanwhile, the "Washington Post" reports: Iran's newly elected supreme religious leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is injured and isolated.
Iran Threatens to "Close Completely" the Strait of Ormuz and Punish the Area After Trump's Ultimatum
With the war in the Middle East on the verge of one month, the escalation of war has continued on all fronts that the US and Israel keep open against the Iranian regime.The Israeli army in the early morning has launched a wide wave of attacks on the infrastructure of the "Iranian terrorist regime" in Tehran, after intercepting several missiles launched from Iran.The Strait of Ormuz, where nearly 20% of the world's oil transited before the confli…
On Saturday, the US President warned that Iranian power plants would be targeted if Tehran did not proceed to a "total opening" of the Strait of Ormuz before 0044 French time on Tuesday.
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