Trump Threatens to Annihilate Iran; Iran Rejects Ceasefire

Trump escalated his threats to obliterate Iran's infrastructure, warning the entire country could be wiped out in one night.

He set a final deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening.

ABC News

Iran submitted a 10-clause peace proposal via Pakistan, but Trump declared it not good enough.

Trump threatened to strike power plants and bridges.

The New York Times described his approach as an expletive-laden social media post.

Iran rejected the Pakistani 45-day ceasefire proposal, calling instead for a permanent end to hostilities.

Iran had already closed the Strait of Hormuz to US and allied shipping.

Al Jazeera

Trump framed the conflict as an oil war and floated charging tolls for ships.

The escalating rhetoric unfolded amid US-Israeli strikes that had killed at least 201 Iranians.

This included 153 schoolchildren at a girls school in Minab.

Trump's threats to bomb civilian infrastructure prompted accusations of planned war crimes.

“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

International law experts said no other US president had spoken so openly about committing war crimes.

Trump celebrated the rescue of two American airmen as among the most complex operations in US military history.

The conflict had already produced extensive civilian casualties and regional destabilization.

The Strait of Hormuz closure risked intensifying global economic turmoil.