War: We’ll start hitting Gulf power plants, mine waters – Iran issues fresh threat

Iran has threatened to hit electrical plants across the Middle East if United States President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to bomb power stations in the Islamic Republic.

It also warned that it would mine the entire Persian Gulf if invaded.

The threat puts at risk both electrical supplies and water in the Gulf Arab states, especially as the desert nations commingle their power stations with desalination plants crucial for supplying drinking water.

After the threat, Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency published a list of such facilities, including the United Arab Emirates’ nuclear power plant.

Recall that over the weekend, Iran launched missiles targeting Dimona in Israel, near a facility key to its long-suspected atomic weapons program. The Israeli facility wasn’t damaged in the barrage.

Meanwhile, Israel launched new attacks Monday on the Iranian capital, saying it had begun a wide-scale wave of strikes on infrastructure targets in Tehran without immediately elaborating.

“Any attempt by the enemy to target Iran’s coasts or islands will, naturally and in accordance with established military practice, lead to the mining of all access routes … in the Persian Gulf and along the coasts,” Iran said in a statement.