US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran’s power plants and bridges will be destroyed if Iran does not meet his latest deadline to agree to a deal that includes reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
The warning came as airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station in Iran, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants.
Trump also threatened that the whole civilisation will die tonight if Tehran does not allow traffic to fully resume in the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil transits in peacetime.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said 14 million people, including himself, have volunteered to fight. Israel has increasingly carried out strikes that it says are aimed at delivering a blow to Iran’s economy.
Khorramabad International Airport in the western Iranian province of Lorestan also came under US-Israeli airstrikes today. Iran, meanwhile, fired on Israel and Saudi Arabia, prompting the temporary closure of a major bridge.
Officials involved in diplomatic efforts said talks were ongoing, but Iran has rejected the latest American proposal.