The Iranian Fars news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), published an analysis calling for Iran to strike Haifa port and the Jebel Ali port in the UAE in response to a US attack on railway bridges. The outlet argued the US strike shifted the confrontation from the Strait of Hormuz to critical infrastructure, and that Iran should target ports along the IMEC corridor (India-Middle East-Europe), presented in 2023 as the economic product of the Abraham Accords. This is an opinion piece from a single IRGC-affiliated source, not an official Iranian government statement.
The Iranian Fars news agency, an outlet closely affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), published an analysis on Saturday morning calling for a retaliatory strike on Haifa port and the Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates. The piece argues that a recent US attack on railway bridges has shifted the confrontation from the Strait of Hormuz to critical infrastructure, and that Iran should respond by targeting ports that form part of the IMEC (India-Middle East-Europe) corridor — a trade route presented in 2023 as the economic product of the Abraham Accords.
This is an opinion piece from a single IRGC-affiliated source, not an official statement from the Iranian government or military command. As The Zioneer has previously reported (BACKGROUND items from June 5–July 9), IRGC-affiliated outlets have repeatedly issued threats and unverified claims of attacks against US and Israeli targets in recent weeks, including claims of missile strikes on US Navy ships and warning shots in the Gulf of Oman. No independent confirmation of any such attacks has been provided by US, Israeli, or Gulf authorities.
The call to target Haifa port — Israel's primary maritime gateway — and Jebel Ali, a major UAE trade hub, represents a notable escalation in rhetorical scope, but remains at the level of media commentary rather than operational directive. The IMEC corridor, announced at the 2023 G20 summit, is a multinational infrastructure project linking India to Europe via the Middle East, and has been a symbolic target for Iranian hardliners opposed to normalization with Israel.
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