Photo: ReutersUS President Donald Trump threatened that "a whole civilization will die tonight" as Iran showed no sign of accepting his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline. As the clock ticked down on Trump's deadline, strikes on Iran intensified, hitting railway and road bridges, an airport and a petrochemical plant. TRUMP'S THREATS REACH NEW LEVEL"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. With only hours left before the deadline, a senior Iranian source said Tehran was still refusing to reopen the strait without US concessions that had so far not been forthcoming. Earlier, another senior Iranian source told Reuters that Tehran had rejected a proposal conveyed by intermediaries for a temporary ceasefire.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 07, 2026 18:49 UTC