Iran Vows to Target Power Plants, Desalination Plants Across Gulf in Retaliation
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Iran has issued a threat to strike power plants and water stations across the Middle East if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with his ultimatum of hitting Tehran's power infrastructure at the end of his self-imposed deadline for opening the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that if the US did that, Iran would respond by hitting power plants in all areas that supply electricity to American bases, 'as well as the economic, industrial and energy infrastructures in which Americans have shares.'
The list of targets also includes the UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant, which has four reactors out in the western deserts of the country near its border with Saudi Arabia.
The threat from Tehran puts at risk both electrical supplies and water in the Gulf Arab states, particularly as the desert nations interconnect their power stations with desalination plants, which are crucial for supplying drinking water.
Donald Trump's self-declared 48-hour deadline expires just before midnight GMT Tuesday, further raising the stakes of the ongoing war with Iran that has disrupted global energy supplies, sending natural gas and gasoline prices soaring.
