A devastating American strike on Iran’s power infrastructure would not confine its consequences to Iranian territory. It would plunge the entire Middle East into darkness. That is the warning issued by a senior Iranian academic who described the prospect of regional energy collapse in stark and direct terms.
Foad Izadi, Professor at the University of Tehran, issued the warning during an interview with Al Jazeera as the clock wound down on a 48-hour ultimatum from President Donald Trump. Trump had threatened to strike Iran’s critical infrastructure — including power plants — if Tehran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz or conclude a peace agreement.
“If Iran goes dark, the whole region will experience a stone age,” Izadi said. He described the dynamic as a straightforward application of reciprocal escalation — an eye for an eye — warning that Iran had both the intention and the obligation to respond in kind to any strikes on its civilian infrastructure.…Read The Complete; Full Original Here.