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President Donald Trump has pushed backmost a deadline for Iran to chopped a woody oregon unfastened the Strait of Hormuz from Monday (April 6, 2026) to Tuesday (April 7), the latest of respective deadline delays, and threatened that without a woody “Hell volition reign down connected them.”
Mr. Trump's erstwhile deadline was for March 23, but that shifted respective times implicit the ensuing weeks arsenic Mr. Trump oscillated betwixt heated threats, announced delays and proclamations that the negotiations were going well, sometimes successful the aforesaid statement.
Iran rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, the country's state-run IRNA quality bureau reported Monday. Shortly after, Trump gave an ominous informing to Iran if it didn’t capitulate, and suggested Tuesday’s 8 p.m. deadline was final.
“They’ll person nary bridges. They’ll person nary powerfulness plants. They’ll person nary anything," helium said.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned the U.S. that attacks connected civilian infrastructure is banned nether planetary law, according to his spokesperson. Mr. Trump, speaking with reporters, said he's “not astatine all” acrophobic astir committing warfare crimes with specified attacks.
Here are immoderate of Mr. Trump's deadlines and threats, and what happened next.
On March 21, Mr. Trump posted connected Truth Social that if Iran doesn't “FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, wrong 48 HOURS from this nonstop constituent successful time, the United States of America volition deed and obliterate their assorted POWER PLANTS.”
Iran had until the evening of March 23.
Then 12 hours earlier the deadline, Trump took to Truth Social to stock the bully news: that some countries had productive conversations toward concluding the conflict.
“I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD,” helium wrote, adding that was taxable to the occurrence of the discussions.
That pushed the deadline retired to the extremity of that week.
Before the deadline, connected March 26, Mr. Trump doubled down connected his threats connected Truth Social: “They amended get superior soon, earlier it is excessively late, due to the fact that erstwhile that happens, determination is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t beryllium pretty!”
But aboriginal that day, helium extended the deadline for different 10 days, to April 6 astatine 8 p.m., and said connected Truth Social that negotiations were “going precise well.”
On March 30, Mr. Trump enactment retired a mixed statement: celebrating advancement successful the talks with Iran portion besides expanding his threatened bombing if a woody wasn't “shortly reached,” adding that “it astir apt volition be."
“We volition reason our beauteous ‘stay’ successful Iran by blowing up and wholly obliterating each of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and perchance each desalinization plants!),” helium wrote.
It's unclear however soon “shortly reached” meant for Trump, but a woody was not made arsenic the deadline loomed.
“Remember erstwhile I gave Iran 10 days to MAKE A DEAL oregon OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump said successful a Truth Social station connected Saturday, "Time is moving retired - 48 hours earlier each Hell volition reign down connected them.”
As the deadline approached, his posts had doubled down connected his threats until Sunday, erstwhile Trump pushed the deadline again successful an expletive-filled post.
“Tuesday volition beryllium Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, each wrapped up successful one, successful Iran. There volition beryllium thing similar it!!! Open the F——-in’ Strait, you brainsick bastards, oregon you’ll beryllium surviving successful Hell,” Trump said connected Truth Social, followed by different station that specified 8 p.m. arsenic the deadline.
Mr. Trump past suggested connected Monday (April 6) that Tuesday's (April 7) deadline would beryllium final, saying he'd already fixed Iran capable extensions.
“The full state tin beryllium taken retired successful 1 night, and that nighttime mightiness beryllium time night,” Mr. Trump said. “We person a plan, due to the fact that of the powerfulness of our military, wherever each span successful Iran volition beryllium decimated by 12 o’clock time night.”
Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, caput of Iran’s diplomatic ngo successful Cairo, said Iran nary longer trusts the Trump medication aft the U.S. bombed the Islamic Republic doubly during erstwhile rounds of talks.
“We lone judge an extremity of the warfare with guarantees that we won’t beryllium attacked again,” helium told The Associated Press.
A determination authoritative progressive successful the talks said efforts had not collapsed. “We are inactive talking to some sides,” helium said, speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon closed-door diplomacy.
On an Israeli TV station, Channel 13, the evening newscast showed a ample integer timepiece counting down the hours and minutes to Tuesday’s deadline.
