A few hours before US President Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz expires, Iran is ready for "all scenarios". This was stated by Iran's First Vice President, Mohammad Reza Aref, on Tuesday evening after increasingly serious threats from Trump.
- National security and the sustainability of the infrastructure are the subject of our precise calculations, Aref wrote in a post on the social media X.
- The government has completed the necessary measures in detail for all scenarios. No threat is beyond our preparedness and intelligence, it said, according to the AFP news agency.
According to Reuters, a military source told the Iranian news agency Tasnim that oil facilities in the region are targets for the Iranian military if the US attacks Iran's power plant. This includes oil facilities belonging to the Saudi company Aramco and the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah oil pipeline.
Iranian media are warning residents of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the Emirates that several bridges and roads in these countries are being declared closed military zones.
In Kuwait, the country's interior ministry has asked people to stay home after midnight local time. In Bahrain, the country's largest port will temporarily suspend all activity on Wednesday night.
The United States is asking its Muslim citizens to reconsider their travel plans if they intend to travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in this year's pilgrimage - the so-called hajj.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump wrote on his social media, Truth Social, that "an entire civilization is going to die tonight". It is a post that has sent shockwaves through most of the world.
In the Vatican, Pope Leo reminds us that attacks on civilian infrastructure are a war crime. He describes the threat against the entire Iranian people as "unacceptable".
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot emphasizes that France is strongly opposed to Trump's threats of attack.
- You don't wipe out a civilization, Barrot tells the television station France 2.
- Of course I hope he doesn't carry out his threat. It will push the region - and the world - into a new escalation that will be particularly dangerous, says the minister.
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