Ali Larijani-Trump: We can cut off electricity to the entire Middle East in half an hour

The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, has responded to several statements made by US President Donald Trump.

Larijani states in his post on "X" that if Trump carries out his threat to cut off Iran's electricity within an hour, then Iran will cause electricity outages in all countries in the Middle East region within half an hour.

"Donald Trump said: 'I can cut off Iran's electricity in an hour, but I didn't.' However, if he does so, it would only take half an hour to cause a complete power outage across the region, and darkness would become a convenient opportunity to find and capture American soldiers fleeing the region ," the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in a post. /CNA

Trump has said "we can take apart Iran's electric capacity within one hour, but we have not done it."

Well, if they do that, the whole region will go dark in less than half an hour and darkness provides ample opportunity to hunt down US servicemen running for safety.

— Ali Larijani | Ali Larijani (@alilarijani_ir) March 12, 2026

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