Trump widens threat to all of Iran's power plants and bridges as his deadline for a deal approaches

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump expanded his menace against Iran to see each powerfulness plants and bridges Monday arsenic his ultimatum to marque a woody ticked closer, aft Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire connection and said it wants a imperishable extremity to the war.

“The full state tin beryllium taken retired successful 1 night, and that nighttime mightiness beryllium time night,” Trump said. He suggested that his Tuesday 8 p.m. EDT deadline was final, saying he'd already fixed Iran capable extensions.

The U.S. has told Iran to unfastened the important Strait of Hormuz to each shipping postulation oregon spot powerfulness plants and bridges wiped out, sparking warnings astir imaginable warfare crimes.

Israel piled connected unit by attacking a large petrochemical works and sidesplitting the quality main for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

Tehran with its rejection conveyed its own, 10-point works to extremity the warring done Pakistan, a cardinal mediator, Iran’s state-run IRNA quality bureau said.

“We lone judge an extremity of the warfare with guarantees that we won’t beryllium attacked again,” Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, caput of Iran’s diplomatic ngo successful Cairo, told The Associated Press. He said Iran nary longer trusts the Trump medication aft the U.S. bombed the Islamic Republic doubly during erstwhile rounds of talks.

A determination authoritative progressive successful talks said efforts had not collapsed. “We are inactive talking to some sides,” helium said, speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon closed-door diplomacy.

And adjacent Trump said negotiations with Iran continued.

Trump says Iranians ‘willing to suffer’ for freedom

Trump has issued ultimatums to Iran before, lone to find ways to backmost off. But helium was much explicit this clip connected plans to travel through.

“Every span successful Iran volition beryllium decimated by 12 o’clock time night,” helium said, and each powerfulness plants volition beryllium “burning, exploding and ne'er to beryllium utilized again.”

Asked if helium was acrophobic astir accusations of warfare crimes, Trump responded, “No, not astatine all." He suggested that Iranians privation the U.S. to transportation retired its threats due to the fact that it could pb to the extremity of their existent leadership.

Iranian citizens are “willing to suffer," helium said, "in bid to person freedom.” But determination has been nary motion of an uprising successful Iran arsenic residents structure from bombardment.

International warnings piled up against expanded strikes. “Any onslaught connected civilian infrastructure is simply a usurpation of planetary instrumentality and a precise wide one,” United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric aboriginal told journalists.

Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators had sent Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff a connection calling for the ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, 2 Mideast officials told the AP. The officials spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon the backstage negotiations.

Iranian and Omani officials besides were moving connected a mechanics for administrating the strait, done which a 5th of the world’s lipid is shipped successful peacetime. Iran’s grip connected it has shaken the satellite economy.

Tehran has refused to fto U.S. and Israeli vessels done aft they started the warfare connected Feb. 28.

Iran's caller ultimate person makes uncommon statement

Israel struck a cardinal petrochemical works successful the South Pars earthy state field, saying it was aimed astatine eliminating a large root of gross for Iran. The field, the world’s largest, is shared with Qatar and is Iran’s biggest root of home vigor for its 93 cardinal people.

The onslaught appeared to beryllium abstracted from Trump’s threats. An earlier Israeli onslaught determination successful March prompted Iran to people vigor infrastructure successful different Middle East countries, a large escalation.

Israel besides killed the caput of quality for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, according to Iranian authorities media. And Israel said it killed the person of the Revolutionary Guard’s undercover portion successful its expeditionary Quds Force, Asghar Bakeri.

“We volition proceed to hunt them down 1 by one,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said of apical Iranian officials.

New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who inactive has not been seen oregon heard successful public, issued a uncommon connection expressing condolences implicit Khademi. Israeli strikes person killed dozens of apical Iranian leaders, including Khamenei’s father.

Israel’s subject besides said it struck 3 Tehran airports overnight — Bahram, Mehrabad and Azmayesh — hitting dozens of helicopters and craft it said belonged to the Iranian Air Force.

A Tehran nonmigratory said “constantly determination is the dependable of bombs, aerial defenses, drones,” speaking connected information of anonymity for her safety. Another elaborate taking sleeping pills to get done nightly bombardments, and said radical interest astir power, state and h2o cuts.

Airstrikes termination astatine slightest 29 crossed Iran

Smoke roseate adjacent Tehran’s Azadi Square aft an airstrike deed the grounds of the Sharif University of Technology. Multiple countries person sanctioned the assemblage for its enactment with the military, peculiarly connected Iran’s ballistic rocket program.

Authorities and Iranian authorities media reported astatine slightest 29 radical killed crossed the state by strikes.

In Lebanon, wherever Israel has launched aerial attacks and a crushed penetration that it says people the Iran-linked Hezbollah militia, an airstrike deed an flat successful Ain Saadeh, a predominately Christian municipality eastbound of Beirut. It killed an authoritative successful the Lebanese Forces, a Christian governmental enactment powerfully opposed to Hezbollah, his woman and different woman.

More than 1,900 radical person been killed successful Iran since the warfare began, but the authorities has not updated the toll for days.

More than 1,400 radical person been killed successful Lebanon and much than 1 cardinal radical person been displaced. Eleven Israeli soldiers person died there.

In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, much than 2 twelve radical person died, portion 23 person been reported dormant successful Israel and 13 U.S. work members person been killed.

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Weissert reported from Washington, Magdy from Cairo and Gambrell from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Munir Ahmed successful Islamabad, Isabel DeBre successful Ain Saadeh, Lebanon, Edith M. Lederer astatine the United Nations, Amir-Hussein Radjy successful Cairo and Josh Boak and Michelle L. Price successful Washington contributed to this story.

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