President Donald Trump warned that the United States could escalate its military actions against Iran, including targeting major energy infrastructure, if negotiations fail to bring an end to the ongoing conflict.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that Washington is engaged in “serious discussions” with Tehran aimed at resolving the war, claiming that the talks have already made “great progress.”

At the same time, he issued a stark threat regarding Iran’s critical facilities. “If the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet ‘touched’,” he wrote.

Iran, however, continues to deny that direct negotiations are taking place. Officials in Tehran have previously dismissed American proposals to end the conflict, describing them as “unrealistic, illogical and excessive.”

The warning comes as thousands of U.S. troops have been deployed to the region following Trump’s earlier threats to move against Kharg Island, a strategic location in the Persian Gulf that handles roughly 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei acknowledged that messages have been relayed through intermediaries indicating a U.S. willingness to negotiate, but said the terms being proposed are excessive and unacceptable.

{Matzav.com}