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Iranian officials vowed to escalate the ongoing war with the United States and Israel amid President Donald Trump's threat to increase air strikes and hijack Tehran's oil, the New York Post reports.
Trump warned that Iran had until Monday (April 6) to accept his proposed peace deal or he would consider “blowing everything up and taking over the oil" via FOX News.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned that the Islamic Republic would increase attacks on oil and civilian infrastructure facilities if the U.S. and Israel followed through on their own escalation plans. The public warning came after Iran had already claimed responsibility for attacks on petrochemical plants in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, a key U.S. ally in the region, that took place over the weekend.
Kuwait suffered the heaviest damage, with two power and one water desalination plants being hit and damaged during the 24-hour attacks, according to its Electricity and Water Ministry. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also warned of potential strikes on U.S. economic interests in the Middle East if civilian attacks in Iran continued.
Trump shared a tirade against Iran and appeared to mock the praising Allah, the Arabic term for the one, supreme, and universal God in Islam, while telling the regime to "open the f**kin" Strait of Hormuz or he'd ensure the Islamic Republic's leaders end up in hell in a Truth Social post shared on Easter Sunday.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F**kin’ Strait, you crazy b*****ds, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP."