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Iran Threatens Gulf Oil, Undersea Cables, Data Centres, And AI Infrastructure If US And Israel Strike
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Iran threatens Gulf oil facilities, data centres, and AI infrastructure if US-Israel strike again. IRGC warns of attacking undersea cables through Hormuz if strikes resume.
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Gulf targets threatened
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, threatened that Iran will target oil facilities, undersea communication cables, data centres and artificial intelligence infrastructure in seven Gulf countries if the United States and Israel launch fresh attacks.
Mohsen Rezaei said, “If war begins, undersea communication cables, data centres and artificial intelligence facilities could also become targets.”
Mehdi Mohammadi, an adviser to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said “We see the next conflict as an existential threat. A third war within two years means an existential threat. Our strategy is ‘no red lines’, ”.
Mohsen Rezaei also warned that “No arrangement can allow attacks on Iran’s economic lifelines while treating the economic infrastructure that enables those attacks as untouched and immune from attack, ” and the threat was tied to US media reports about a renewed joint attack after the US midterm elections on November 3.
Hormuz cable warnings
Brig. Gen. Yadollah Javani warned Wednesday that Iran could target undersea internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz if the United States or its allies attack Iranian infrastructure.
Brig. Gen. Yadollah Javani told Iran’s Arabic-language Al-Alam television that US and allied investments could become targets in retaliation.
Hossein Mohebbi drew attention to cables beneath the strait during a speech at Tehran’s Sacred Defense Museum, and the IRGC’s renewed threats were framed as putting the Gulf’s digital infrastructure at risk.
The Guardian reported that the IRGC’s naval services claimed to have simultaneously struck four commercial ships seeking to navigate through the strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, while the report said there was no independent verification of the number of ships hit.
War stakes and elections
Reza Nasri, an international lawyer close to Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said a third phase of war would not remain confined to one area and that “Power grids, seawater desalination plants, oil refineries and ports across the region will be on fire.” Reza Nasri warned that “Millions of people will be left without water and electricity,” and he said “The Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed, oil prices will surge, and the global economy will move towards recession, ”.
“‘Power grids, seawater desalination plants, oil refineries and ports across the region will be on fire.”
Trump told reporters at the White House that the US-Israeli war with Iran produced a divided reaction among American voters ahead of the November midterm elections, and he said, “It’s — there’s a price to pay, which I knew immediately when I did it, but we can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.” The Guardian reported that Trump backed away from striking Iran again seven times in the past four months, while the same report said a deadlock in diplomatic negotiations led US government officials to brief about a potential new military campaign targeting missile sites, oil installations and nuclear sites.