Iran Guards say response could go beyond region

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned on Tuesday their response to the United States could extend beyond the region and target energy infrastructure, saying previous restraint had ended.

“From now on, all these considerations have been lifted,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement.

It said it would act against US and partner infrastructure in a way that would deprive them of the region’s oil and gas resources for years.

Regional partners of the United States should know Iran had exercised restraint due to good neighborly relations, it said, but that those considerations no longer applied.

The Guards added that if US forces crossed what it called red lines, “our response will go beyond the region.”