Iran has warned of “much more devastating” retaliation if civilian targets are attacked.
This is after United States (US) president Donald Trump set a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for Tuesday.
In an expletive-laden threat to attack Iranian infrastructure, Trump said on Sunday that “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!”
Trump’s warning to Iran could amount to a threat to commit potential war crimes, US State Department correspondent Tom Bateman says.
In response, Iran has warned it will retaliate if civilian targets are attacked.
Residents in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and the nearby city of Karaj have told the BBC of their fears for the future after Trump’s new threats to infrastructure.
“It feels like we’re sinking deeper into a swamp. What can we do as ordinary people? We can’t do anything. We can’t stop him,” a man in his 20s says.
Trump has threatened to hit the country’s civilian infrastructure and says Iranians will be “living in hell” unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.
Some in Iran have been stockpiling resources. One woman in her 20s has told the BBC her mom “is filling every bottle she can find in the house with water”, while another woman whose family only has enough supplies for a few days says: “Without electricity, nothing will be possible. Nothing at all. I just hope he won’t hit Iran too hard.”
A man in Tehran whose family have also been stockpiling is concerned that, if Trump attacks Iran’s infrastructure, “these efforts are pointless”.
Another Iranian man, in his 30s, says he doesn’t see a bright future for the Iranian people.
“With all these attacks, Iran won’t be a place we can live in any more. It’s going to be impossible to go back to how things were before the war.” – BBC
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