{
  "id": 10763043,
  "title": "Iran Threatens Middle East Energy Infrastructure as Hormuz Standoff Deepens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/iran-threatens-middle-east-energy-infrastructure-as-hormuz-standoff",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-29T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Iran-Threatens-Middle-East-Energy-Infrastructure-as-Hormuz-Standoff-Deepens.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran has warned of attacking energy infrastructure across the Middle East if its security is not assured, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz continue to escalate. Both sides have limited air attacks recently, but ships within the crucial waterway remain targeted by Iran, despite US assertions that the strait remains open. Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, stated in a video released by state TV on September 29, \"In a region where we cannot sell oil, no one else will sell oil either; or if our security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will remain safe.\" Iran was anticipating an official US response to its proposal to reopen the strait and resume nuclear talks, contingent on the removal of a naval blockade, sanctions on oil sales, and the re-establishment of a regional cease-fire. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) published a letter to American voters on September 29, blaming the US for initiating the war on February 28 and claiming that over 3,600 Iranians, mostly civilians, including 400 children, have been killed during the conflict. The letter also reiterated Iran's claim that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes.",
  "summary": "Iran threatened to attack energy infrastructure across the Middle East if its security isn't guaranteed as it ratcheted up its rhetoric while waiting for the United States to officially respond to a plan Tehran says would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. While air attacks by both sides have subsided recently, ships in the key waterway continue to be targeted by Iran, which claims control over the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}