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Iran showed no sign of accepting Donald Trump\u2019s ultimatum<\/a> to open the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> by the end of Tuesday, while the U.S. president threatened that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d unless Tehran<\/a> reached a last-minute deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has given Iran<\/a> until 8 p.m. in Washington \u2014 3:30 a.m. in Tehran \u2014 to end its blockade of Gulf oil, or he will destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran. Iran says it would retaliate against U.S. allies in the Gulf<\/a>, whose desert cities would be uninhabitable without power or water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the clock ticked down on Trump\u2019s deadline, strikes on Iran intensified throughout the day, hitting railway and road bridges, an airport and a petrochemical plant. U.S. forces attacked targets<\/a> on Kharg Island, home to Iran\u2019s main oil export terminal, which Trump has openly mused about seizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran responded by declaring it would no longer hold back from hitting its Gulf neighbors\u2019 infrastructure, and claimed to have carried out fresh strikes on a ship in the Gulf and a huge Saudi petrochemical complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUMP\u2019S THREATS REACH NEW LEVEL<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don\u2019t want that to happen, but it probably will,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Finucane, a former U.S. State Department legal advisor now with the International Crisis Group, said Trump\u2019s remarks \u201ccould plausibly be interpreted as a threat to commit genocide\u201d under U.S. and international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With only hours left before the deadline, a senior Iranian source said Tehran was maintaining its refusal to reopen the strait without U.S. concessions that so far were not forthcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan, which has been the main go-between, was still relaying messages, but Washington had not changed its tone, the source said. If the U.S. carried out Trump\u2019s threat to hit Iran\u2019s power grid, Tehran would plunge Gulf states including Saudi Arabia into darkness, the source added, a threat that had been conveyed to Washington via Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, April 6, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, another senior Iranian source told Reuters that Tehran had rejected a proposal conveyed by intermediaries for a temporary ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks on a lasting peace could begin only after the U.S. and Israel stop bombing, guarantee not to start again and offer compensation for damage, the Iranian source said, adding that any settlement must leave Iran in control of the strait, imposing fees for transit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the intensification of strikes and rhetoric from both sides, global markets were largely paralyzed, hesitant to bet on whether Trump would follow through on his threats or call them off as he has in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the reports of strikes inside Iran were attacks on railway bridges, a highway bridge, a petrochemical plant and an airport. Power was knocked out in parts of Karaj west of Tehran by a strike on transmission lines and a substation. Israel warned Iranians in a Persian-language social media post that anyone near railways would be in danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A synagogue in Tehran was destroyed overnight by what Iran said were Israeli air strikes. Footage in Iranian media showed Hebrew texts scattered in the debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe synagogue building was completely destroyed and our Torah scrolls were left under the rubble,\u201d said Homayoun Sameh, a lawmaker representing Iran\u2019s Jewish community, one of the Middle East\u2019s largest outside Israel. Israel\u2019s military had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAKISTAN CONTINUES TO TRY TO BROKER TRUCE<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Iran responded to an overnight attack on a major petrochemical site with a strike on Saudi Arabia\u2019s huge downstream oil industry site at Jubail, where Western oil firms operate multi-billion dollar ventures. Video verified by Reuters showed smoke and flames rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement that Tehran would \u201cdeprive America and its allies in the region of oil and gas for years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUp to today we have shown great restraint for the sake of good neighborliness and have had some consideration in choosing targets for retaliation,\u201d it said. \u201cBut all these restraints have since been removed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranians hoped the threatened escalation could be averted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope it is another bluff by Trump,\u201d Shima, 37, from the central city of Isfahan, told Reuters by phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has abruptly called off similar threats over the past several weeks, citing what he has described as productive negotiations with figures in Iran he has never identified. Tehran has denied any such substantive talks have taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s ambassador to Pakistan said \u201cpositive and productive endeavors\u201d by Islamabad to mediate an end to the war were \u201capproaching a critical, sensitive stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A proposal conveyed by Pakistan called for a temporary ceasefire and the lifting of Iran\u2019s effective blockade of the strait, while putting off a broader peace settlement for further talks, according to a source familiar with the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Iran\u2019s 10-point response, as reported by IRNA news agency on Monday, would require a permanent end to the war, the lifting of sanctions and a promise of reconstruction of Iranian sites damaged by the Israeli-U.S. strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would also include a new mechanism to govern passage through the strait \u2014 previously an open international waterway through which a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas typically passed. Since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, Iran has effectively closed it to most ships apart from its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump reiterated his deadline in a social media message on Sunday, declaring, \u201cOpen the Fuckin\u2019 Strait, you crazy bastards, or you\u2019ll be living in Hell \u2013 JUST WATCH!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranian officials described the language as desperate or even mad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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