The warning was issued by Mohsen Rezaei, a senior Iranian security official, during an interview with Iranian state broadcaster Press TV.
Rezaei said the United States has highly valuable technology infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and areas surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, but that Iran had not yet included these facilities on its list of potential targets.
“The United States has very expensive infrastructure in the UAE and the areas around Hormuz. So far, we have not put them on the list of places to attack. But if the war resumes, many of these telecommunications cables, data centres and AI infrastructure facilities will be destroyed,” he said.
He explained that the infrastructure is worth more than $2 trillion and is strategically important to the US economy in the region.
Rezaei stressed that Iran was prepared to deploy military capabilities it had not revealed during the previous phase of the conflict.
“During the first week, we did not carry out operations that would reveal the full extent of our capabilities. Had we done so, we would have had little left to use afterwards,” he said.
He added: “If another war breaks out, we will confront the enemy using a broader and more powerful strategy.”
Rezaei also claimed that the United States had approached Iran through Pakistan, Qatar and Iraq, seeking negotiations aimed at easing tensions.
He said Iran had presented Washington with seven demands and warned that it would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz to US vessels unless those demands were met.
“We presented the Americans with seven demands. We made it clear that if they do not meet them, the Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened to them, and there will be no negotiations,” he said.
Rezaei added that the United States had accepted some of the demands but had yet to provide satisfactory responses on others.
“In the response they gave us, they accepted some of our demands, but others remain unclear. We consider their response insufficient,” he said.
The remarks come amid continuing tensions in the Middle East, with Iran reiterating that it is prepared to defend itself if the United States launches further attacks.
