Iran's military warns that if the US carries out the threats to "destroy (Iran's) various power plants" that President Donald Trump wrote on Sunday night, a harsh Iranian response awaits.
The Strait of Hormuz will be “completely closed and will not be opened until the power plants are restored,” a military spokesman said, according to Iranian state media. The military also reiterated the threat that “all energy infrastructure” belonging to US interests will be targeted, including power plants in all countries hosting US military bases.
"Everything is ready for the great battle aimed at the total destruction of all American economic interests in the region," the military spokesman wrote, according to state-run Iranian Press TV.
Week four
Several countries, including Sweden, have said they are willing to help make shipping through the strait safe, but only when the security situation has improved. However, a long list of countries, led by Germany, Britain and France, have said no to providing military assistance to open the strait.
The war is in its fourth week and attacks both from and against Iran have continued. Overnight into Sunday, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, among others, reported that missiles and drones from Iran had been shot down.
Qatar's Ministry of Defense reports that one of the country's military helicopters crashed in the Persian Gulf due to a technical failure during a routine mission. All seven people on board, including three Turkish citizens, were confirmed dead.
1,500 dead in Iran
Air raid sirens also sounded in several parts of Israel on Sunday. By the afternoon, a total of 15 people had been reported injured, most were lightly injured, according to Israeli media.
More than 160 people were injured in Iranian attacks on southern Israel on Saturday night, according to updated hospital figures, the BBC reports. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Arad, where the worst of the damage occurred, on Sunday, promising revenge against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
"We will hunt them down personally – their leaders, their facilities, their financial assets," he said.
Overnight, new attacks on Tehran began, according to a post on Telegram from the Israeli military.
According to the Iranian Health Ministry, over 1,500 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, AP reports.
