{"id":1186,"date":"2026-08-19T20:41:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:41:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:41:48","slug":"trump-threatens-to-target-iranian-energy-infrastructure-if-no-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens to Target Iranian Energy Infrastructure If No Peace Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"border-l-4 border-[var(--accent-red)] pl-4 pr-4 py-3 mb-4 sm:mb-6 rounded-r-lg shadow-xs\"><span class=\"text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-[var(--accent-red)] mb-1 block font-sans\">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt-nyt text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed font-medium\">Trump threatens to destroy Iranian energy infrastructure if Tehran fails to secure a peace deal and keep the Hormuz Strait fully open.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body prose prose-invert prose-lg max-w-none mb-4 sm:mb-12\" data-mg-article-url=\"https:\/\/pulefeed.tech\/article\/trump-threatens-to-target-iranian-energy-infrastructure-3?fbclid=IwY2xjawTy9CJwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVd3VVhPYlViZ3NaQXFIZGxzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeJQzE6g2oDge3QU_UeOjVDHhNRH3-MDwsXX9i1Zg7nUs636qmg1kgGY96NKU_aem_Ej3kB2WcMBE718c-LtYeNw\">\n<div class=\"rich-text \">\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">President Trump threatened to target Iran&#8217;s vital energy infrastructure and power plants if the regime fails to swiftly secure a comprehensive peace deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-3 w-full flex justify-center items-center\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">Writing on social media, Trump warned that critical oil wells and the Hormuz Strait must remain completely open for business immediately.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4 w-full flex justify-center items-center\">\n<div class=\"adskeeper-widget-container my-10 w-full flex justify-center !my-0\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2044156\" data-uid=\"074ab\">\n<div id=\"mgw2044156_074ab\">\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\" data-template-type=\"header\" data-template-placed=\"before\">\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that current U.S. military operations in Iran are expected to successfully conclude within just a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">Rubio confirmed that Washington received initial messages indicating a potential willingness from Iranian officials to discuss terms for a formal diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Trump threatens to destroy Iranian energy infrastructure if Tehran fails to secure a peace deal and keep the Hormuz Strait fully open. President Trump threatened to target Iran&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188,"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions\/1188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/checkthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}