Iran’s exiled crown prince has called on US president to spare civilian infrastructure after Trump threatened to target Iran’s energy facilities.
In a post on X Reza Pahlavi urged the US and Israel to “eradicate” the Islamic Republic and its “apparatus of repression” adding that “The Islamic Republic’s infrastructure is a machine of repression and terror, deployed to prevent that future from being realised”
The Telegraph reports: However, he added that “Iran’s civilian infrastructure belongs to the Iranian people and to the future of a free Iran”.
Mr Trump on Saturday threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants unless Tehran reopened the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.
The strait, which is a conduit for one-fifth of the world’s oil, has been closed for weeks, causing global energy prices to soar.
Iran responded by threatening to “irreversibly destroy” energy infrastructure across the Middle East if he followed through with the threat.