Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump threatens to strike Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened

Debris lies scattered successful a country damaged by, according to Iranian authorities, a adjacent airstrike during U.S.-Israeli strikes successful aboriginal March astatine the Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, successful Tehran, Iran, connected Sunday, April 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Sunday (April 5, 2026) appeared to widen by 24 hours his deadline for Iran to marque a woody to reopen the Strait of Hormuz oregon look devastating infrastructure attacks. Mr. Trump has issued specified deadlines earlier but extended them erstwhile mediators person claimed advancement toward ending the war, which has killed thousands, shaken planetary markets and spiked substance prices successful conscionable implicit 5 weeks.

Iran’s Culture Minister has dismissed President Donald Trump’s latest threats, calling the US person an “unstable, delusional figure.” “It seems Trump has go a improvement that neither Iranians nor Americans are capable to afloat analyse,” said Salihi-Amiri. He said the Strait of Hormuz is “open to the satellite but closed to Iran’s enemies.”

Iran struck infrastructure targets successful neighbouring Gulf countries, challenging the U.S. relationship of the rescue ngo and threatened to restrict different heavy utilized waterway successful the region, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Iran besides changeable down different U.S. subject plane, demonstrating some the perils of the bombing run and the quality of Iran’s subject to deed back.

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