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Live: View of (place) as Donald Trump's Hormuz deadline for Iran nears

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April 7, 2026

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Iran’s entire civilization will be wiped out if Tehran does not make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ramping up pressure on the Middle Eastern country to capitulate to U.S. demands.

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump wrote on social media. The president’s stark warning comes hours ahead of an 8 p.m. ET deadline for Iran to make a deal or face broad attacks targeting country's power plants and bridges.

If carried out, the strikes would mark a major escalation in the six-week conflict. Experts warn the attacks on civilian infrastructure could be war crimes and could turn Iranian civilians against the United States.

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