A senior Iranian official has issued a stark warning to Donald Trump, saying any attack on Iran’s electricity infrastructure could trigger a wider regional crisis, as tensions continue to escalate in the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Iran, and their regional allies.
The warning came from Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, who responded on the social media platform X to remarks by Trump suggesting that American forces could target Iran’s electricity facilities. Larijani cautioned that striking the country’s power infrastructure could have consequences far beyond Iran’s borders.
According to Larijani, disabling Iran’s power grid could plunge large parts of the region into darkness and create new security risks for U.S. forces stationed across the Middle East. He warned that destroying Iran’s electricity system would quickly cause a regional blackout and said the darkness “would provide a good opportunity to hunt fleeing American soldiers in the region.”
The exchange reflects growing hostility between Tehran and Washington as the conflict intensifies. Trump had earlier warned that if Iran disrupted key energy routes or threatened U.S. interests, the United States would retaliate with overwhelming force and expand the range of potential targets inside Iran.
Larijani has also dismissed what he described as U.S. threats, insisting that Iran would not be intimidated. In earlier remarks posted online, he said Iran was not afraid of what he called Washington’s “empty threats” and cautioned the U.S. president to “take care of yourself not to be eliminated.”
