US EditionTrump Warns All of Iran ‘Could Be Taken Out in One Night’ as He Sticks to Deadline
President Trump issued a final deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening devastating strikes if maritime traffic, which carries a fifth of the world's oil, is not restored.
- President Donald Trump set an 8 p.m. EDT deadline on Tuesday for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening unrelenting strikes to destroy power plants and bridges if Tehran fails to comply.
- Tensions escalated after Iran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal on Monday, continuing a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz that has pushed Brent crude prices above $156 per barrel.
- Airstrikes hit Iranian infrastructure on Tuesday, including two bridges and a train station, while a strike in Tehran destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings.
- The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps warned it would "deprive the US and its allies of the region's oil and gas for years," while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called for restraint.
- More than 1 million people have been displaced by the conflict, and one resident told The Associated Press that cutting utilities would force the country back to the "Stone Age.
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President Donald Trump joked yesterday with the idea of running for the title of the Venezuelan executive, given the high popularity he thinks he has in the Caribbean nation. On the other hand, in his umpteenth ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Ormuz to navigation, he said that “the whole country could be razed in one night...and that night could be tomorrow.”
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States could completely destroy Iran on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday if Tehran does not unblock the Strait of Hormuz by then.
"The whole country could be destroyed in one night," Donald Trump launched on Monday, after pushing his ultimatum back to Tuesday night.
The ultimatum launched by the US President in Iran ends this Tuesday, April 7 at the end of the day.
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