Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi. File.
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Iran will goal American firms within the area if its power services are attacked within the U.S.-Israeli warfare towards the Islamic republic, Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned Saturday (March 14, 2026).
The U.S. navy struck Kharg Island on Friday (March 13, 2026), from which almost all of Iran’s oil is exported, with President Donald Trump saying each navy goal had been “obliterated” however its power services had been spared.
“Our Armed Forces have already answered that they might retaliate if our oil and power infrastructure are attacked,” Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi advised MS NOW.
Iran “will assault any power infrastructure within the area which belongs to an American firm or an American firm is a shareholder,” he added.
Mr. Araghchi mentioned the U.S. assaults on Kharg had used short-range rockets launched from two bases within the UAE, together with one near Dubai.
“They’re utilizing the territory of our neighbors to assault us by these sort of rockets and that is completely unacceptable.
“It is rather harmful that they use extremely populated areas,” he mentioned. “We would definitely retaliate, however we attempt to watch out to not assault any populated space.”
Mr. Trump on Friday (March 13, 2026) threatened to bomb oil infrastructure in Kharg if Iran doesn’t enable free passage of crude by way of the choked Hormuz Strait.
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