Un Warns Iran War Could Spiral Out Msn

Alistair Lowe

-Apr 7, 2026, 4:51 AM

Iran-US war latest: Trump warns Iran could be ‘taken out in one night’ if Tuesday deadline passes without deal US president says he is ‘not at all’ concerned about war crimes as he threatens the destruction of Iran’s bridges and power plants Donald Trump has warned that Iran “can be taken out in one night” if his Tuesday deadline passes without a deal being made.

“The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night,” the US president told a news conference on Monday at the White House. He said he is “not at all” concerned about war crimes as he threatens the destruction of Iran’s bridges and power plants. Trump has given Tuesday at 8pm Washington time as his supposed final deadline for Iran to make a deal before the US begins striking energy infrastructure.

He reconfirmed this ultimatum during the press conference, but after now issuing at least four deadlines, questions have been raised over his latest threat. The president earlier claimed Iranians “want to hear bombs because they want to be free” in his latest bizarre rant as he stood next to the Easter Bunny at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday morning. Also on Monday, Israel said it launched an attack on Iran’s largest petrochemical plant.

Trump warns US could send Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ if deadline not met Donald Trump has threatened to send Iran “back to the stone ages” with a barrage of attacks on civilian targets if his final deadline to make a deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz is not met. Speaking at a press conference at the White House on Monday, the US president reconfirmed his supposed final ultimatum of Tuesday at 8pm Washington time (1am UK time) for Iran to make a deal.

He said the US plans to "decimate” every bridge in Iran by midnight Washington time (5am UK time) on Wednesday, "where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again”. Read the full story here: Trump warns US could send Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ if deadline not met Airport in Iran's Kashan under renewed attack, local official says The airport in Iran’s central city of Kashan has come under renewed attack, the local deputy governor has told state media.

Iran's top joint military command calls Trump's threats 'delusional' Iran’s top joint military command has called Donald Trump’s threats “delusional”. It added that the US president’s threats will not make up for the “humiliation and disgrace” America has faced in the Middle East. Iran's supreme leader issues a rare public statement Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei expressed condolences over the killing of the Revolutionary Guard's intelligence chief. In a written social media post, Khamenei said Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi joined a "steadfast line of warriors and fighters" to sacrifice their lives.

Israeli strikes have killed dozens of top Iranian leaders, including Khamenei's father. The younger Khamenei has not been seen or spoken in public since he succeeded his father as supreme leader. Israeli military is preparing for weeks of battle against Iran The Israeli military's chief spokesman, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, says the army's chief has approved battle plans for the next three weeks in the absence of a ceasefire. "Every day that passes, we hit them more and more.

Already we have very good achievements, and we want to reach excellent achievements," he told a press conference Monday. UN chief warns the US not to strike Iran's civilian infrastructure UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the US that attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law, his spokesman said Monday.

"Even if specific civilian infrastructure were to qualify as a military objective," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, an attack would still be prohibited if it risks "excessive incidental civilian harm." A court would need to decide whether such attacks were war crimes, he said.

Trump dismisses that his threatened attacks on Iran's infrastructure would be war crimes Trump says he's "not at all" concerned about committing war crimes as he continues to threaten the destruction of Iran's bridges and power plants if they don't meet a Tuesday evening deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. "I hope I don't have to do it," Trump added.

Risky rescue of US crew downed in Iran relied on dozens of aircraft and subterfuge, Trump says The US relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man F-15E fighter jet crew downed deep inside Iran, a risky mission that President Donald Trump and his top defence aides detailed Monday.

US forces rescued the pilot within hours of the jet going down late Thursday, surging helicopters, midair refuelers and fighter aircraft deep into Iran after confirming his location, Trump said in a valedictory news conference at the White House, describing the military operation in an unusual level of detail. The second aviator aboard the aircraft – the weapons systems officer – was rescued nearly two days later.

An A-10 Warthog, which was the attack aircraft primarily responsible for keeping in contact with the downed pilot on the ground, was hit by enemy fire while engaging Iranian forces, said Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The A-10 was "not landable," Caine told reporters, but the pilot continued fighting before flying to a friendly country and ejecting. He was quickly rescued and is doing fine, Caine said.

The rescue of the F-15 pilot occurred before the Iranians could marshal a comprehensive search of their own, but finding and bringing home the weapon systems officer was an even more complicated endeavour. The officer, who rode in the backseat of the F-15 flying under the call sign Dude-44 Bravo, was injured but followed his training to get as far from the crash site as possible. He managed to climb mountainous terrain and hide inside a cave or crevice. He contacted US forces on Saturday.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the spy agency used "exquisite technologies that no other intelligence service" possesses to locate the aviator. At the same time, the CIA mounted a deception operation to mislead Iranians who also were trying to find him. Ratcliffe said the search and rescue operation was "comparable to hunting for a single grain of sand in the middle of a desert." Protected by an "air armada" of drones, strike aircraft and more, rescuers moved in on Sunday to pick up the weapons officer and bring him home.

Many of the dozens of aircraft that were part of the operation were there for deception, Trump said. "We were bringing them all over, and a lot of it was subterfuge," he said. "We wanted to have them think he was in a different location." Back in Washington, national security officials coordinated on a call, keeping the phone line open for nearly two days straight. "From the moment our pilots went down, our mission was unblinking," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "The call never dropped.

The meeting never stopped, the planning never ceased." Four Iranian officers killed on Sunday in operation to counter US aircraft, news agency reports Four officers of the Iranian Army ground forces were killed on Sunday in a military operation to counter US aircraft in Iran's Isfahan, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday. Trump raps Nato, South Korea, Australia and Japan for not helping with Iran war Donald Trump has criticised Nato, Australia, Japan and South Korea for not helping the US with its war with Iran.

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