India, July 16 -- Iran's military command called US President Donald Trump "empty-headed" as it warned Thursday that every surviving piece of American military infrastructure across the Gulf region would be "crushed under the steel blows" of the Islamic Republic's armed forces if he follows through on his threat to strike Iranian power plants and bridges next week.

Iranian Armed Forces' dire warning came as the US CENTCOM launched a fifth consecutive night of strikes on Iranian targets and Trump received briefings in the Situation Room on options for dramatically expanding the military campaign.

"If the recent threats by the empty-headed US president to target the infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran are carried out, then ever...