US EditionTrump Threatens Iran with Mass Destruction of Energy Resources
Trump warned of destroying Iran's vital energy and water infrastructure to pressure a war-ending deal amid escalating strikes threatening global oil supplies.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to "completely obliterating" Iran's power plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island if a deal is not reached "shortly," potentially including desalination plants.
- Across the Gulf, desalination plants supply critical drinking water: Kuwait relies on them for about 90%, Oman roughly 86%, and Saudi Arabia about 70%, making infrastructure sabotage a severe regional risk.
- Brent crude oil traded around $115 on Monday, up nearly 60% since the war began, as Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz threatens global energy supplies and drives geopolitical pressure.
- Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Iranian forces were "waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground," while Tehran dismissed the administration's demands as "excessive, unrealistic and irrational."
- Legal experts and Human Rights Watch warn that intentional destruction of desalination facilities constitutes a war crime, as attacks on civilian infrastructure require military advantage to outweigh civilian harm.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants.
Trump threatens to obliterate Iran's infrastructure if war deal isn't reached
Gas prices rise amid fears of escalation in war with Iran DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water, if a deal to end the war is not reached “shortly.” Iran, meanwhile, struck a key water and electrical plant in Kuwait, and an oil refinery in Israel came u…
President Trump threatens to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure if deal not reached 'shortly'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including desalination plants that supply drinking water, if a deal to end the war is not reached “shortly.”
The US President is agitating the threat of massive strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure, while saying that "serious" discussions are under way.
Military action on the ground or threat of annihilation, the island of Kharg, a hotspot of the Iranian oil industry
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