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‘Restraint Is Over’: IRGC Warns Washington

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As new US-Israeli strikes hit Kharg Island.

The warning came as Trump threatened genocide against the people of Iran, vowing to ‘kill a whole civilization’.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned on 7 April that it will no longer restrain itself in responding to US-Israeli attacks on its energy and petrochemical infrastructure.

“Restraint is over,” the IRGC said in its statement on Tuesday.

“We will act against US infrastructure and that of its partners in a way that will deprive the United States and its allies of the region’s oil and gas for years. Regional partners of the United States should know that, until now, we have exercised significant restraint out of good neighborliness and have taken considerations into account when selecting retaliatory targets, but from this point on, all such considerations have been lifted,” the statement added.

The statement coincided with US-Israeli airstrikes on Kharg Island, where 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports are processed. Video footage from the island showed massive clouds of smoke from US-Israeli airstrikes.

Earlier on Tuesday, the IRGC announced a “new phase” of the war.

In a statement, it said it used dual-base (twin) missile launchers for the first time in the second phase of Wave 99 of Operation True Promise 4, launched at dawn, targeting central and southern Israeli sites with Kheibar Shekan missiles.

It added that the strikes hit locations including Rishon LeZion, Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv, and areas in the Negev such as Beersheba and Dimona, with the IRGC warning that attacks will continue to intensify.

The IRGC warnings come as US President Donald Trump is threatening genocide against the people of Iran. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

Over the past several days, US-Israeli strikes have been hitting major petrochemical sites across Iran.

Trump had previously vowed to strike all the bridges and power plants in Iran unless the Islamic Republic surrenders to Washington’s terms by 8:00 pm on 7 April.

Iran has struck back at petrochemical facilities in Israel and the Gulf, and has vowed further retaliation if Trump carries out his threat.

On Monday night, missile and drone attacks targeted the SABIC petrochemical producer in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Industrial City – the biggest chemical and petrochemical producer in West Asia.

According to NASA FIRMS fire maps, multiple fires have been detected across the Jubail Industrial City, including near areas linked to SABIC, despite Saudi claims that all incoming threats were intercepted and that only “debris” fell.

“We announced from the beginning that any aggression against non-military targets would be met with a reciprocal response against the enemy’s interests anywhere in the region. In the event that the attack on non-military targets is repeated, the second phase of this operation will be carried out in a more destructive and wider manner, and their damages and losses will multiply due to their persistence in this approach,” the IRGC said over the weekend.

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