Trump Boasts He’ll Blow Up Iran’s Power Plants And Oil Wells If Hormuz Strait Deal Not ‘Shortly Reached’ While issuing the new threat, Trump claimed that “great progress” has been made in peace talks with Iran, despite Tehran’s dismissing his 15-point plan as “excessive.” Trump Boasts He’ll Blow Up Iran’s Power Plants And Oil Wells If Hormuz Strait Deal Not ‘Shortly Reached’President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants, oil wells, Kharg Island and other key infrastructure if a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was not reached soon. President Donald Trump claimed peace talks with Iran were progressing but warned that the lack of a deal soon would trigger the destruction of Iran's essential infrastructure like power plants and oil fields., Trump claimed that the U.S. was engaged in “serious discussions” with Iran and “great progress has been made,” but warned the U.S. will be “blowing up and completely obliterating” Iranian energy plants, oil wells and the crucial Kharg Island if a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t happen soon.The president claimed the U.S. military has “purposefully not yet ‘touched’” Iran’s critical infrastructure, but if he follows through, this will be “retribution for our many soldiers, and others,” that the Iranian regime has killed in the past 47 years. Trump also took credit for Iran allowing the passage of 20 more oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz this week, claiming it was a “sign of respect” for his administration., a small island in the Persian Gulf that processes an estimated 90% of Iran’s oil exports. “Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump said, before admitting U.S. forces would “be there for a while.” However, he also downplayed the military risk for taking the island. “I don’t think they have any defense. We could take it very easily.” In the same interview, Trump again alluded to a “regime change” in Iran that already took place, telling the FT the U.S. was negotiating with a “totally different group of people” who he described as “very professional.” The administration has previously downplayed any plans for a ground invasion, despite athe U.S. was “ahead of schedule” for achieving their stated goals of destroying Iran’s drones and missiles, and insisted “we can achieve them without any ground troops—without any.”While speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday, Trump addressed his administration’s 15-point peace plan and claimed Iran had agreed to “most of the points.” On Monday, however,a demand that Iran give up its nuclear program. Baghaei also claimed that no direct talks have taken place between Tehran and Washington, and that all communications are conducted through intermediaries. On Sunday, Iranian leadersfor allegedly planning a ground invasion and warned against escalating the war. Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said Iranian troops were “waiting” for an American ground invasion, warning they would “set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever.”