Araghchi vows 'HEAVY price' for steel/nuclear strikes; IRGC orders evacuation of US-linked industrial sites

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on social media on 27 March 2026: 'Israel has hit 2 of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant, and civilian nuclear sites, among other infrastructure. Israel claims it acted in coordination with the US.' He warned: 'Iran will exact a HEAVY price for Israeli crimes.' Simultaneously, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned employees of industrial sites in the region 'that have American shareholders as well as heavy industries allied with the Zionist regime' to 'leave their workplaces immediately,' vowing retaliatory attacks. The IRGC evacuation warning mirrors the same tactic that Israel has used before its own strikes — issuing civilian warnings ahead of attacks. The combination of Araghchi's formal FM-level threat and the IRGC's specific evacuation warning to US-linked industrial workers signals an imminent Iranian retaliation against economic infrastructure targets across the Gulf region, potentially targeting oil facilities, refineries, ports, or other industrial complexes with US ownership.