Tehran, March 14 -- Tehran on Saturday threatened to retaliate against attacks on Kharg, by turning US-linked oil infrastructure into "Mountains of Ash".
Shortly after the United States carried out heavy bombing raids on Iran's strategic Kharg Island late Friday, and following Trump's warning that US forces could target Iranian oil facilities if Teheran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, declared that all oil, economic, and energy infrastructure linked to US companies would be "reduced to mountains of ash" if corresponding Iranian assets are attacked.
"In response to the statement of the ...US president, we declare that if there is an attack on the oil, ...