Military spokesperson warns people in region should not be within 1 kilometre of banks

March 11, 2026

Iran’s military on Wednesday vowed to strike US and Israeli banks and economic centres in the region, after overnight attacks hit a bank in Tehran.

“Last night, the American and Zionist terrorist army, after failing in their military objectives, targeted one of the country’s banks,” a spokesperson for the military’s central operational command, Khatam al-Anbiya.

“People in the region should not be within a one kilometre radius of the banks.”

  • hector@lemmy.today
    51·
    3 days ago

    Hitting oil is the only card Iran has to play in truth, and it’s not a marginal play. The US cannot withstand high oil prices. Fuck the saudis, they were the biggest proponents of this until the iranians demonstrated they could hit them.

    • TiredTiger@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 days ago

      It’s going to have to hit $5/gallon in the Midwest and Southern US before we really see much reaction from the USians, and it would have to be sustained. There will be plenty of grumbling before we hit that point, but no action. That’s my prediction anyway.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      i wonder why they didn’t already when the us/isreal keeps going after human infrastructure.

      • hector@lemmy.today
        31·
        3 days ago

        I as well was perplexed by their not closing the strait in the first war. I thought they had this shit worked out. But they seem to know the score now finally. I hate to say it, but raising the price of oil is their only card to play.