Iran warns against ‘fire of war’ amid US strike threats on energy sites

What the report says

Iranian officials warned the United States and its allies against escalating the conflict after reports in major US media suggested possible imminent strikes on Iranian civilian and energy infrastructure. In a statement carried by Iranian media, Major General Ali Abdollahi, who heads Iran’s wartime military command, said the US was accelerating moves that could widen the war regionally. He also urged Muslim countries to reconsider cooperation with Washington, warning that states serving as a shield for the US could be pulled into the fighting.

The warning follows Al Jazeera’s reporting that American and Israeli plans could include attacks on power plants and petrochemical facilities, with the goal of disrupting electricity in Tehran and across Iran. Iranian state-linked Tasnim also cited an unnamed source saying the armed forces had prepared a broad retaliation plan aimed at vital infrastructure linked to the US and Israel. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, separately said Israel had wanted to target Iran’s energy sector, though the US was not currently approving that step.

The article places the threat in the context of an expanding regional war that has included strikes in Iran, Iraq, the Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz. Al Jazeera reported that both the US and Israel have already hit military and civilian targets in Iran, while Iran and aligned groups have answered with missile and drone attacks on bases and energy-related sites elsewhere in the region. The latest warnings underscore the risk that attacks on energy infrastructure could further disrupt regional security and global oil markets.