Iran threatens Gulf infrastructure with missile retaliation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Zambian Observer
Iran warns that a new US-Israeli military campaign could lead to retaliation against military installations and strategic infrastructure in the Gulf, particularly energy and digital facilities. Tehran highlights its Fattah missiles, which it claims have a range of around 1,400 kilometres, but these capabilities have not all been independently verified, according to the media outlet reporting the threats.
Iran is threatening to target US-linked military and strategic infrastructure in the Gulf in the event of a new US-Israeli military campaign, according to the Zambian Observer. The targets mentioned by Tehran could include energy facilities, data centres, artificial intelligence infrastructure and undersea communications networks.
The Fattah missile programme is at the centre of the threat. Iran presents the Fattah as a hypersonic weapon, with a claimed range of around 1,400 kilometres and the ability to reach Mach 15, although these claims have not been fully independently verified. The Fattah-2, unveiled in 2023, is described as having a manoeuvrable trajectory.
A resumption of hostilities would also put US military installations, energy infrastructure and Gulf shipping routes at risk. It could thus draw states bordering the Gulf into a wider conflict, as tensions between Washington, Israel and Tehran continue.
The threats come after Iranian strikes on 26 US sites in the Middle East and exchanges between Donald Trump and Benyamin Netanyahu about possible operations against Iran on 1 November.
