Why Iran is making infrastructure next front in Mideast conflict
Tehran appears to be codifying a pattern that emerged during the recent conflict, increasingly floating attacks on economic infrastructure as an integral part of the conflict's equation.
TEHRAN — Iran's top national security official renewed Tehran's warning on Friday that any attack on the country's key infrastructure will be answered "in kind," while cautioning that Israel "will not be safe" from retaliation.
The remarks by Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr came after President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iranian infrastructure following the latest exchange of fire between the two sides, adding another layer of uncertainty to the already fragile regional diplomatic initiative.
Zolghadr did not announce a new military campaign in the statement published by Tasnim news agency. Nor did he unveil a dramatic shift in strategy. Yet his latest warning may prove significant for what it reveals about Tehran's evolving concept of deterrence after months of war.
Coming from the top security body, where military, intelligence and diplomatic policies converge, the warning carries greater institutional weight than the familiar rhetoric of Iran's battlefield commanders.
