{"id":37589,"date":"2026-03-23T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/23\/iran-threatens-to-retaliate-against-gulf-energy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:37:00","slug":"iran-threatens-to-retaliate-against-gulf-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/23\/iran-threatens-to-retaliate-against-gulf-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran warned it would strike energy and water infrastructure across the Gulf if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to attack its electricity grid, raising fears of mass disruption in a region heavily dependent on desalination for drinking water.<br \/>Trump set a Monday deadline of around 7:45 p.m. local time  warning late on Saturday that the United States would strike Iran\u2019s power plants unless Tehran fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.<br \/>The prospect of tit-for-tat strikes on civilian infrastructure further unsettled oil markets, with prices opening choppy in early Asia trading.<br \/>After more than three weeks of heavy U.S. and Israeli bombardment that officials say has sharply reduced Iran\u2019s missile capabilities, Tehran has continued to demonstrate its ability to strike back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran warned it would strike energy and water infrastructure across the Gulf if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to attack its electricity grid, raising fears of mass disruption in a region heavily dependent on desalination for drinking water.Trump set a Monday deadline of around 7:45 p.m. local time warning late on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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