Trump Sets Final Iran Deadline, Threatens to Destroy Power Plants and Bridges

President Trump set a final 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal.

Trump warned every bridge and power plant in Iran would be decimated, sending the nation back to the stone ages.

Akhir Khabar

Tehran had already rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and issued its own 10-point plan demanding a permanent end to hostilities.

Trump insisted we won and they are militarily defeated.

Iran told state television the war was not our war nor America's war -- Israel is the one that pushed the United States into it.

Despite Trump's assurances that Iran was negotiating in good faith, the Islamic Republic had already rejected any temporary ceasefire.

Al Jazeera

The American threat to flatten civilian power plants and bridges drew widespread condemnation.

Analysts questioned the credibility of Trump's claim to military victory.

The expansion of the bombing campaign triggered growing skepticism from Congress and the international community.

“United States President Donald Trump has warned that an Iranian proposal to bring an end to the war is not enough to avert his threat to destroy infrastructure unless Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz”

Al Jazeera

The Atlantic Council called the campaign a high-risk gamble with unclear objectives.

Congressional Democrats demanded briefings on the constitutional basis for strikes that had already killed hundreds of civilians.

Oil prices remained volatile as the Strait of Hormuz continued to be effectively closed.

The Iranian Red Crescent reported 201 dead and 747 injured after more than five weeks of US-Israeli strikes.

The deadliest single attack killed at least 153 children and staff at a girls school in Minab.

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The Pentagon confirmed six American service members killed -- the first US casualties of the war.

Reuters/Ipsos polling found only 27% of Americans approved of the strikes.