US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran’s water supply and electric grid unless the Islamic regime reopens the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran moves to tear up its nuclear treaty.
The President made the threat in a Truth Social post Monday morning, warning that if Iran refuses to sign a peace deal, the US would conclude the war by ‘blowing up and completely obliterating’ electric plants and oil wells across the country.
Trump said the US was in ‘serious discussions with a new, and more reasonable regime’ to end the war, adding that ‘great progress had been made’ – the post landing before Wall Street’s opening bell.
But he immediately followed up with an escalation, writing that if a deal could not be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, then the US would strike Iran’s ‘electric generating plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants).’
Iran relies on desalination plants to supply its population of more than 90 million people, who have little access to fresh water without them. Striking or destroying civilian water and energy infrastructure is prohibited by the Geneva Convention.
Iran’s parliament is separately weighing a full exit from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, long cited by the regime as proof it harbors no nuclear ambitions, though US intelligence has warned for years that Tehran’s enrichment activities could presage a bomb.
‘What is the benefit of joining a treaty in which bullying parties at the international level not only do not allow us to benefit from its rights but also attack our nuclear facilities?’ an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Stock futures rose after Trump offered investors hope that a deal was within reach, with Dow futures adding 357 points, or 0.8 percent, while S&P and Nasdaq futures each gained 0.8 percent.
