Iran Laughs, Says "Trump Won't Do it", Then Watches as Their Power Plants Get Targeted (Video)

In this 18 September 2026 published video, host Cash Joudan talks about how Ian is mobilizing its forces for something, while President Trump says we are at a crossroads america cannot turn away from. 

President Trump issued multiple ultimatums demanding that Iran fully open the strategic Strait of Hormuz. He threatened to target Iranian power plants, “starting with the biggest one first,” if the shipping lanes remained blocked. Iranian officials and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed immediate retaliatory strikes on regional energy and water desalination facilities if their power plants were attacked.

U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted various military assets, bridges, and localized electrical infrastructure in southern Iran. However, major electrical generating stations and nuclear facilities like Bushehr remain standing, with international monitors and intelligence reports noting that mass destruction of the national power grid has not been carried out. Trump has repeatedly paused or extended his self-imposed deadlines, citing ongoing, albeit disputed, diplomatic talks and a complex military standoff. 

During the 2026 U.S.–Iran War, President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to destroy Iran’s electrical grid and civil infrastructure if the regime did not comply with demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. After months of warnings and several paused deadlines, U.S. forces expanded their air campaign, directly striking civilian infrastructure and provinces containing nuclear energy systems. 

President Trump publicly gave Tehran a strict 48-hour deadline to reopen the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. He explicitly warned on social media that failure to comply would result in the U.S. military decimating Iranian infrastructure, promising to “obliterate” their power plants, “starting with the biggest one first”. While initial stages of the conflict—codenamed Operation Epic Fury—primarily targeted Iranian military leadership, missile sites, and nuclear enrichment assemblies, the scope rapidly widened to dual-use infrastructure. By mid-2026, U.S. forces had bombed bridges, rail networks, and heavily damaged civilian power generation plants. Following a brief, failed ceasefire, the U.S. military expanded its targeting parameters. Air operations hit provinces across the country, including the specific city hosting Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Trump reinforced the actions by stating the U.S. could easily “knock out their electricity and power-generating plants in… the small part of an afternoon”.

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