Iran says it will ‘irreversibly destroy’ Middle East infrastructure if US attacks energy sites

Energy and oil sites across region would become ‘legitimate targets’, Tehran says

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Iran has said it will “irreversibly destroy” essential infrastructure across the Middle East if the US attacks its energy sites, hours after Donald Trump threatened to “obliterate” the country’s power plants if the strait of Hormuz was not opened within two days.

As Iranian missiles struck two southern Israeli cities overnight, injuring dozens and shattering apartment buildings, the developments signalled a dangerous potential escalation of the war in the Middle East, which is now in its fourth week.