Iran warned this weekend against any "adventurous action" by the United States and said it would retaliate decisively if American forces follow through on President Donald Trump's threats of fresh attacks on Iranian targets. [1]

The threat is conditional: if the US attacks Iranian energy infrastructure, Iran will strike oil fields in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the gas fields of Qatar and Israel, state-affiliated Nournews reported, saying "all will be burned to ashes." [2] IRGC-affiliated Fars News published a list of regional energy facilities that it said Iranian missiles can reach.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi's comments in separate phone calls on Saturday with senior Turkish, Pakistani, and Saudi officials came just hours after Kuwait's army said it destroyed hostile drones launched by Iran against several vital facilities. Speaking to Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Araqchi said Iran would respond decisively to any "aggression." [1]

Araqchi later told Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan that any attacks by the US and Israel or participation by regional countries in such actions would be met with a "proportionate response." Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to Trump on Saturday and "expressed concern and asked for clarity" about US plans for Iran, a US official told Axios. [1]

The target list is the analytical detail. The frame is deterrence, not aggression: the threat aims to make any US strike on Iranian energy infrastructure too costly by promising retaliation across the Gulf. [3] The paper's prior position on Hormuz disruption as a structural supply-chain crisis makes this threat's credibility directly relevant to Asia-Pacific energy security.

At a cabinet meeting on Friday at the Camp David retreat, Trump said he believed US negotiators, including Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and Marco Rubio, could still reach a deal with Iran, but was losing faith in the process. [1]