Iranian official threatens retaliation for US blockade

Esmail Sagha Esfahani, a deputy to Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, has issued a direct threat of retaliation against the United States and its allies. Writing on social media platform X, he stated that if any Iranian infrastructure, including oil wells, is damaged as a result of a US blockade, Iran would guarantee that four times that damage would be inflicted on the same infrastructure in countries supporting the aggressor. He emphasized the asymmetric nature of the threat, declaring, 'Our math is different; 1 oil well = 4 oil wells.' The statement appears to be a direct response to President Donald Trump's recent threats of a blockade against Iran.