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Iran parliament speaker: regional oil facilities will be 'irreversibly destroyed' if power plants struck

·Tehran, Iran

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammed Ghabilaf issued an escalatory counter-threat on X: 'Immediately after the power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, the critical infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and oil facilities throughout the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be destroyed irreversibly.' Ghabilaf added energy prices 'will remain high for a long time.' The statement extends Iran's counter-threat beyond the Khatam al-Anbiya military warning to include explicit targeting of regional oil facilities.

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammed Ghabilaf posted an explicit counter-threat on X (formerly Twitter) on Day 23 in direct response to Trump's 48-hour ultimatum to obliterate Iran's power plants. FULL STATEMENT: 'Immediately after the power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, the critical infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and oil facilities throughout the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be destroyed irreversibly. The result will be that energy prices will remain high for a long time.' SIGNIFICANCE: Three key escalations beyond the earlier Khatam al-Anbiya military threat: 1. IRREVERSIBILITY: 'Destroyed irreversibly' — language of permanent infrastructure destruction, not temporary disruption 2. OIL FACILITIES specifically named — beyond energy infrastructure to petroleum production/export directly (Gulf Arab oilfields, pipelines, terminals) 3. LEGISLATIVE SOURCE: The parliament speaker represents Iran's political establishment, reinforcing that this is state-level policy, not just military posturing The threatened 'regional oil facilities' would include Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq complex, UAE offshore platforms, Qatari LNG at Ras Laffan, and Iraqi Basra oil terminal — combined output of approximately 15-20 million barrels per day.
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Parliament Speaker Ghabilaf (X): 'Immediately after the power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, the critical infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and oil facilities throughout the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be destroyed irreversibly. Energy prices will remain high for a long time.'

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No immediate US response to Ghabilaf's oil facility threat. Trump's 48-hour ultimatum framing specifically demanded Hormuz be opened 'FULLY... WITHOUT THREAT' — Iran's parliament speaker has now compounded the threat with explicit targeting of Gulf Arab oil infrastructure.

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