US President Donald Trump on Monday warned that the United States military will completely blow up all of Iran’s power plants, oil wells, and the Kharg Island if a peace deal is not reached shortly.
In a social media post on his Truth Social, Trump said that the United States is engaged in serious discussions with what he called “A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME” to end the military operations in Iran.
He said “great progress” has been made, but warned that if the deal is not reached soon enough and the Strait of Hormuz is not immediately opened for shipping, the US will conclude its “lovely stay” in Iran by completely obliterating all of Iran’s energy infrastructure. He also suggested that the United States military may also target all the desalination plants in Iran.
“Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately “Open for Business,” we will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet touched,” the US President said.
He further added, “This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47-year Reign of Terror.”
His warning comes amid ongoing diplomatic efforts by Pakistan and other regional countries to resolve the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
On Sunday, Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey met in Islamabad to discuss ways to end the Iran war. The talks focused on proposals to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route that has been effectively blocked by Iran, triggering a global energy crisis.
They floated proposals to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid surging global oil and gas prices.
Iran thinks talks a cover for US ground invasion
Amid the ongoing peace negotiations through intermediaries, Iran has said that the US is planning a ground invasion and that the peace talks are nothing but a cover for that.
As around 3,500 additional US sailors and marines arrived in the Middle East, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said that Iranian forces were “waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever.”
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly asked Iran to come to the negotiating table to resolve the conflict. The US has also sent Iran a 15-point peace proposal, but Tehran has rejected it. In response to the American proposal, Iran laid down five conditions to end the conflict.
While the US wants Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions and control over the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has demanded reparations, sovereignty over the Hormuz, and security guarantees against further attacks.