Threatened Iran's infrastructure

Tehran warns of strikes on bridges in region after Trump threatened Iran's infrastructure

By Sana Noor Haq

A senior Iranian official has warned Tehran will consider “striking infrastructure and bridges across the region,” after US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy one “bridge or power plant” everytime Iran targets a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

“If the Americans target an Iranian bridge or power plant, Iran will respond by striking infrastructure and bridges across the region, including energy facilities in which the United States has interests,” the unnamed official was reported as saying by the Iranian semi-official news agency, Tasnim.

“The Americans should by now, after these past ten days, be fully convinced that Iran strikes wherever it decides to strike. Therefore, any such gamble by Trump will once again end in his embarrassment,” the official added.

Tehran will also “exercise its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz,” the Iranian military official said Wednesday, adding that authorities “will not relinquish (their) firm resolve to control the Strait.”