The spokesperson of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated today that if attacks on Iran's energy facilities continue, Tehran may target the entire energy infrastructure in the Middle East as retaliation. The spokesperson clearly mentioned that this escalation could push oil prices up to $200 per barrel.
Comment: This is Iran's ultimate energy threat, clearly drawing the red line: if you attack my energy lifeline, I will lock down the entire energy infrastructure in the Middle East, pushing oil prices to $200 per barrel. This is not a threat, but a mutual assured destruction-style approach. With control over the Strait of Hormuz and missile capabilities, if Iran launches a full-scale counterattack, oil-producing countries in the Gulf, global supply chains, and Western inflation would all be dragged down together. Once the war reaches energy facilities, it is no longer a regional conflict, but a binding of the global economy to the illegal war launched by the US Trump administration.
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