The Latest: Iran threatens to lay mines and target Gulf energy as Trump’s deadline nears

Iran said it would target regional power plants and float mines in the Persian Gulf if U.S. President Donald Trump went ahead with his threat to bomb Iranian energy stations or ordered a land invasion.

The top commander of the U.S. military’s Central Command said the campaign against Iran was “ahead or on plan.” The Israeli military early Monday began what it called “a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting Iranian terror regime infrastructure.”

Trump said the U.S. would “obliterate”...