Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump threatens to strike Iran’s infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn’t reopened

Debris lies scattered in a room damaged by, according to Iranian authorities, a nearby airstrike during U.S.-Israeli strikes in early March at the Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (April 5, 2026) appeared to extend by 24 hours his deadline for Iran to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating infrastructure attacks. Mr. Trump has issued such deadlines before but extended them when mediators have claimed progress toward ending the war, which has killed thousands, shaken global markets and spiked fuel prices in just over five weeks.

Iran’s Culture Minister has dismissed President Donald Trump’s latest threats, calling the US leader an “unstable, delusional figure.” “It seems Trump has become a phenomenon that neither Iranians nor Americans are able to fully analyse,” said Salihi-Amiri. He said the Strait of Hormuz is “open to the world but closed to Iran’s enemies.”

Iran struck infrastructure targets in neighbouring Gulf countries, challenging the U.S. account of the rescue mission and threatened to restrict another heavily used waterway in the region, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Iran also shot down another U.S. military plane, demonstrating both the perils of the bombing campaign and the ability of Iran’s military to hit back.

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