Iran warns Saudi oil plants, Britain could be hit

An Iranian MP says his country could hit Saudi oil fields, power stations and desalination plants if the Gulf kingdom helps any new strikes on Iran.

The comments come from Ghasem Ravanbakhsh, who represents Qom in Iran’s parliament, speaking to the Iranian news outlet Didban Iran. If you’ve been following Trump’s renewed strike threat against Iran, this is the latest sign that tension in the region keeps building, even as Kuwait sits right in the middle of it geographically.

What exactly did the MP say?

Ravanbakhsh warned that any country letting its land or airspace be used to attack Iran would become a target itself. That is a direct message aimed at Saudi Arabia and at any Western country that joins a military operation against Tehran.

He named Saudi Arabia’s oil installations, power stations and desalination plants specifically. His language was harsh, saying the kingdom could be pushed back to what he called “the era of riding camels and donkeys.” That is a threat, not a plan with details, and nothing in the report shows Iran has announced any such action.

He went further and named Britain too. “With a range of 4,000 kilometres, Britain can be targeted,” he said, suggesting Iran’s missiles could reach that far. He gave no technical details or evidence for this claim. Independent experts have not confirmed Iran has missiles that can reach British territory from Iranian soil.

Why this matters if you live in Kuwait

Kuwait sits close to Saudi Arabia’s eastern oil region and near the Gulf waters where tension between Iran, the US and Gulf states has been rising for weeks. As we reported, US strikes hit Iranian targets near Hormuz while talks were still going on, and a missile strike on Qeshm Island raised tension further just days ago.

None of this means an attack on Kuwait is coming. But any threat to Saudi oil, power or water infrastructure is worth watching closely here, because disruption to Saudi facilities can affect fuel supplies, electricity grids and even water desalination systems that the whole Gulf region depends on in different ways.

This also isn’t an isolated voice. Earlier this month, as covered in our report on Trump renewing his strike threat, Tehran responded by warning that a new war with the US could last even longer than before, a warning we also covered on 1 November. Hardline rhetoric from Iranian officials has been building steadily since then.

For more on how regional tension has been developing, you can follow our international news coverage, where we track these statements as they happen.

The nuclear angle and domestic politics

Ravanbakhsh also called on Iran’s parliament to look at legislation to pull Iran out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the global agreement meant to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. He suggested Tehran should give a 10-day ultimatum if threats against the country kept coming.

He also opposed any move to give up or water down Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent, a level far above what is needed for civilian power use. This shows there is strong resistance among hardliners in Iran’s parliament against making any concessions on the nuclear programme.

In a separate claim, he said more than 40 Iranian lawmakers had signed a motion to impeach Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. He blamed parliament’s leadership for not moving the motion forward and called renewed diplomatic talks with Washington a dead end.

None of these claims have been independently confirmed outside Iranian reporting. It’s worth remembering that one lawmaker’s statement to a news outlet is not the same as official Iranian government policy.

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