Iran warns to stop oil exports from region, retaliate in kind if US attacks infrastructure

TEHRAN -- Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, on Wednesday warned that if the United States attacks Iranian infrastructure, Iran will block all oil exports from West Asia and target oil, gas, electricity, and economic infrastructure across the region, according to media reports.

The warning in a statement carried by Iranian media came in response to US President Donald Trump's renewed threat of "bombing" Iran's bridges and power plants.

In a Wednesday post on Truth Social, Trump stated that any Iranian attack on ships in the Strait of Hormuz would trigger US strikes on "ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran."

Iran's main military command stressed that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and passage by vessels will be authorized only through the routes designated by Iran and in accordance with the country's announced arrangements.

It added that continued threats by the United States will only lead to the war's expansion in the region and even beyond that.

In response to Trump's threat, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a Wednesday post on social media platform X, "Our defense doctrine is clear: eye for an eye. Any aggression against Iran, including our infrastructure, will compel a powerful and decisive response."

He added, "Those who contribute to such aggression, whatever the kind of support, will also be considered as legitimate targets."

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf echoed the stance on X: "This war's equation is clear: either everybody or no one."

Qalibaf said that in a region where Iran cannot sell oil, nobody will sell oil.

"If our security is not ensured, no infrastructure will be safe, and the security of the Strait of Hormuz lies in the absence of US forces," he warned.

Iran tightened its grip on the Strait of Hormuz beginning Feb. 28, when it barred safe passage of vessels belonging to or affiliated with Israel and the United States following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian territory.

The United States has over the past days launched multiple waves of strikes against Iran's southern provinces, claiming that the attacks are in response to the Iranian armed forces' targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and aimed at "degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping."

Iran has responded with waves of missile and drone attacks targeting US military bases and facilities in the region.