Iran warns of massive retaliation against Trump's Strait of Hormuz threat

Iran will target and destroy vital infrastructure across the region if the United States and Israel attack Iran's power plants and infrastructure, said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's Parliament Speaker on Sunday.

"Immediately after the targeting of power plants and infrastructure in our country, critical infrastructure and energy and oil infrastructure throughout the region will be considered legitimate targets and irreversibly destroyed, and oil prices will rise for a long time," Ghalibaf said in a post on social media platform X, in response to a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Trump threatened on social media that the United States would target Iranian power plants if the country fails to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

The target will start with the biggest one first, Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social. The Bushehr nuclear power plant, situated on Iran's southern coast along the Persian Gulf, is widely considered the largest power plant in the country.

The United States is pursuing a doctrine of domination in global energy markets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russian media on Saturday.

"They (the United States) care only about their own well-being. They are ready to defend this prosperity by any means -- coups, abductions, or assassinations of leaders of countries that have natural resources Washington desires. All of this is related to oil," said Lavrov.

Lavrov further asserted that the United States follows the principle that its interests always take precedence over international agreements.

He pointed out that the United States has historically welcomed -- and continues to welcome -- Russia's marginalization in European energy markets. He emphasized that for the United States to cooperate with Russia, it must first respect Russia's interests.