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Iran Threatens to Retaliate Against Gulf Energy and Water After Trump ...

On March 22, Iran warned it would strike Gulf energy and water systems if U.S. President Donald Trump hits its electricity grid after his 48-hour ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
After more than three weeks of heavy United States and Israeli bombardment, officials say Tehran's ability to project force has sharply reduced, yet it fired long-range ballistic missiles on March 20 towards a U.S.-British Indian Ocean military base.
Gulf experts note desalination plants supply 100% of water in Bahrain and Qatar, over 80% in the UAE, and Iran's Guards warned the shipping lane carrying a fifth of global oil and LNG would remain shut.
Markets reacted immediately as oil prices jumped on March 20 and air raid sirens sounded across Israel after Iranian strikes on two southern Israeli towns injured dozens.
Politically and economically, any sustained attacks on civilian infrastructure could worsen humanitarian crises and the conflict risks broadening, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warning the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until power plants are rebuilt.

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Iran says it would hit regional power plants and lay naval mines in the Persian Gulf if any land invasion happened. It comes as President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iranian power sites unless shipping resumed in the Strait of…

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