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Trump issues new warning to Tehran, Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic'
Trump set a one-week ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face destruction of energy and water infrastructure, amid a month-long regional conflict disrupting global oil supplies.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. would "obliterate" Iran's energy plants and oil wells if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, setting a one-week timeframe to assess whether new Iranian leadership will engage in negotiations.
- The warning followed an Iranian missile strike that hit an industrial building and fuel tanker at Israel's Haifa refinery on Monday, sparking a blaze amid the month-old conflict that began on February 28.
- Trump claimed he is engaged in "serious discussions" with a "more reasonable regime" in Tehran, yet threatened to destroy oil wells, electric plants, and Kharg Island if the Strait of Hormuz is not immediately "Open for Business."
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei dismissed U.S. proposals as "unrealistic, illogical and excessive," while Brent crude prices surged to $115 per barrel in early Monday trading amid escalating tensions.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump wanted to reach a deal before an April 6 deadline, while thousands of U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have begun arriving in the Middle East to expand military options.
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Donald Trump issues new threat to obliterate Iran after his peace plan rejected
US president Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran’s energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as “unrealistic” and fired waves of missiles at Israel.
Trump issues new warning to Tehran; Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic'
President Donald Trump warned on Monday that the US would obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as "unrealistic" and fired waves of missiles at Israel.
The American president: "The change regime has already been, but Iran reopens Hormuz or will destroy their plants." Tehran: "Requests U.S. unrealistic
Trump says US will 'shortly' respond to Iranian attack on Haifa refinery, gives one-week deadline for deal
Trump said the US is engaged in “serious discussions” with what he described as a new regime in Tehran aimed at ending the war in Iran. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News US President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington will respond promptly to an Iranian attack targeting Israel’s largest oil refinery in Haifa. Speaking to the New York Post, Trump declined to outline specific steps but signaled an imminent decision. “You’ll see shortly,” he …
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Trump Issues New Warning to Tehran, Iran Calls US Peace Proposals ‘Unrealistic’
A blaze after Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service said that an industrial building and a fuel tanker at Israel’s Oil Refineries were hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian missile, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Haifa, Israel, March 30, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Rami Shlush US President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran‘s energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described …
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