New Delhi, March 23 -- US President Donald Trump threatened to "hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST" unless Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Trump's threat has shifted attention to a critical question underpinning the escalating conflict: how resilient is Iran's power grid to sustained military attack?

The warning, issued on Truth Social, marks a sharp escalation in a war now in its fourth week, with coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets. Tehran has responded by warning the Strait would be closed "completely" if its energy infrastructure is attacked. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said "delirious threats on the battlefield" would only strengthen nationa...