Iran has warned Gulf states that any new US attack on their territory would trigger a response against critical energy infrastructure across the region, the British news agency Reuters reported this evening.
The warning was issued through a series of high-level diplomatic contacts after US President Donald Trump threatened on July 28 to attack Iran’s energy network and infrastructure, sources familiar with the matter said.
Two senior Iranian officials, two Gulf sources, and a senior regional diplomat familiar with the talks told Reuters that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with his Saudi, Turkish, and Qatari counterparts, as well as with the chief of Pakistan’s army.
Araghchi called on Washington’s allies in the Gulf to use their influence on Trump to dissuade him from launching renewed attacks, diplomatic sources said, warning that any attack on Iran would provoke a response against US assets and energy facilities across the Gulf.
Sources said that in each conversation, Araghchi emphasized that Iran is ready to retaliate against attacks, but that finding a diplomatic solution is the best way to avoid broader escalation and destruction across the region.
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