President Donald Trump issued another stark warning to Iran roughly 12 hours before the deadline he previously set for the Islamic Republic to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Over the weekend, the president published an expletive threat to Tehran, telling them to “Open the F***ing Strait” or “you’ll be living in Hell,” before marking the deadline for the reopening to Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” President Trump affirmed in a subsequent threat delivered through Truth Social. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”
President Trump’s most recent warning comes after Iranian official Alireza Rahimi issued a video message calling on “all young people, athletes, artists, students, university students and their professors” to form human chains around power plants, according to reports from The Associated Press (AP).
In his post, President Trump shared hope for “something revolutionarily wonderful” to happen before the deadline, claiming that Iran’s current regime is “different, smarter,” and with “less radicalized minds.”
“We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!” President Trump concluded.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, announced on X that 14 million Iranians have declared they would volunteer to fight in the conflict.
“More than 14 million brave Iranians have so far declared their readiness to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran. I have also sacrificed my life for Iran, I am and I will continue to do so,” Pezeshkian wrote.
The AP additionally reported that the U.S. struck Iran’s Kharg Island again, according to an anonymous White House official.
Earlier in the war, the U.S. struck numerous targets in the Iranian oil hub, "including air defenses, a radar site, an airport, and a hovercraft base, according to satellite analysis by the Institute for the Study of War and American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project,” according to The AP.
