Iranian Vice President Ismail Saghb-Esfahani warned on Sunday of four-fold retaliation against countries that support any damage to the country’s infrastructure, after statements by US President Donald Trump regarding pressures targeting Tehran’s oil sector.Saghab said that any attack on Iranian facilities would lead to a significantly escalated reaction. “If any part of our infrastructure, including oil wells, is damaged as a result of the blockade, we guarantee that four times that damage will be inflicted on the same infrastructure in countries that support the aggressor,” he wrote on Sunday.
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He added: “Our calculations are different; one oil well is equal to four oil wells,” which confirms the scale of the response that Iran may be considering.These statements came after Trump indicated that continued pressure may disrupt Iran’s ability to transfer oil to storage places or tankers. Speaking to Fox News, he said that if these restrictions continue, Iran’s pipelines could reach a critical point in about three days.The exchange highlights growing tensions around Iran’s energy infrastructure, which have been at the heart of recent pressure measures. Tehran’s warning points to potential consequences for countries seen as supporting measures affecting their oil sector.
The weeks-long conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel remains at a critical juncture. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in Russia on Monday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, and the talks are expected to focus on the status of negotiations, ceasefire efforts, and regional developments.Separately, Iran conveyed a “two-stage plan” to the United States through Pakistani mediators, setting out a framework for ending the conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported.
The new proposal, submitted to the United States through Pakistani mediators, focuses on resolving the Strait crisis and the American blockade first. Within this framework, the ceasefire will be extended for a long period or the two parties will agree to a permanent end to the war.
According to the proposal, nuclear negotiations will not begin until a later stage, after the opening of the strait and the lifting of the blockade.This comes as Trump indicated that any future talks would require Iran to initiate contact, saying Tehran could “call” Washington if it wished to negotiate, while stressing that Iran must not obtain nuclear weapons.
