23/03/2026
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23/03/2026
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TEHRAN, (AP), March 23: As Donald Trump’s 48-hour deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz approaches, Iran has threatened to strike Middle Eastern power plants supplying American military bases. The warning came Monday from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and was broadcast on Iranian state television.
The statement framed the threat as retaliation if power plants are attacked, saying Tehran would target “the power plants of the occupying regime [Israel] and the power plants of regional countries that supply electricity to US bases, as well as the economic, industrial and energy infrastructures in which Americans have shares.” The message concluded: “Do not doubt that we will do this.”
The development follows Trump’s warning on Sunday that U.S. forces would strike Iranian power infrastructure within 48 hours if the strait, through which about 20% of global oil and gas shipments pass, remains blocked by Iranian attacks on shipping. This marks an escalation in the ongoing tensions that have already disrupted Gulf trade and pushed global energy markets higher.