Trump Insists on Hormuz Opening in Iran Deal

President Donald Trump insisted that freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz be part of any deal and escalated threats to obliterate key Iranian infrastructure if his terms aren’t met before a Tuesday deadline.

Trump said Monday that talks with Iran are “going well,” even though he listed reopening the strait as “a very big priority.” The president in recent weeks has said that wasn’t among his core prerequisites for ending the conflict.

“We have to have a deal that’s acceptable to me, and part of that deal is going to be we want free traffic of oil and everything,” he said at a White House news conference.

Bloomberg's Dan Williams reports from Jerusalem. President Donald Trump reupped his threat of widespread bombing in Iran in the coming hours if Tehran does not agree to US terms to end the war there.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he posted on social media.

Conversely, he said new Iranian leaders with “different, smarter, and less radicalized minds” could reach a deal ahead of the 8 p.m. deadline he set earlier this week.

“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,” he said.

On Sunday, Trump vowed to destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran, including power plants if a deal wasn’t reached by late Tuesday, New York time, a move that could constitute a war crime.

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