00:23Iran is issuing a stark warning to the United States,
00:27saying a fresh attack on Tehran could put critical infrastructure around the world at risk.
00:35IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohabi warned that if Iran faces another threat
00:42or if U.S. strikes resume, massive energy and digital infrastructure could be targets.
00:49According to remarks reported by The National, Mohabi said hundreds of thousands of miles
00:55of energy transmission lines, hundreds of power plants, U.S. computer systems
01:00and global infrastructure connected to the Internet will be at risk.
01:05The warning was delivered in an interview with Iranian state broadcaster IRIB
01:11around August 10 and 11, as tensions between Washington and Tehran remain high.
01:17The message goes beyond conventional military retaliation.
01:22References to U.S. computer systems and Internet connected infrastructure
01:26have been widely interpreted as a warning of potential cyber attacks
01:31or disruption of critical infrastructure.
01:34Iran has long viewed cyber capabilities as an asymmetric weapon,
01:39and Iranian-linked actors have previously been accused of targeting critical infrastructure,
01:45including water, energy, and industrial control systems.
01:49U.S. cybersecurity officials have also warned about the threat posed by Iranian-linked cyber actors
01:56to critical infrastructure.
01:57But there is an important caveat.
02:00There is no independent evidence that Iran currently has the ability or intention
02:05to carry out attacks on the enormous scale described in the warning.
02:10For now, the statement appears to serve primarily as a deterrent message.
02:15Attack Iran again, and Tehran says the consequences could extend far beyond the battlefield.
02:21As tensions continue to simmer, the warning raises a new question.
02:26Could the next phase of the U.S.-Iran confrontation move from missiles and drones into cyberspace?
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