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Apr 09, 2026
'A whole civilisation will die tonight': Trump's Iran threat shows anger & desperation, analyst says
Iran outmaneuvers Trump; cuts deal that leaves U.S. worse
off than pre-war
Iran latest:
The widening gap
between
rhetoric and reality
The Listening Post
April 09, 2026 - The cease-fire between the United States and Iran entered its second day on Thursday despite confusion over the status of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that Iran has effectively blockaded, and over Lebanon, where Israel continued attacks against the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah.
On Wednesday, Iran said Lebanon was included in the cease-fire and accused the United States of not upholding its end of the deal. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said Washington had to choose between a cease-fire or continued war via Israel.
"The War Is Turning Iran Into
a Major World Power":
U. of Chicago
Professor Robert Pape
April 08, 2026 - The United States and Iran announced a two-week cease-fire and plans to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday evening, hours before President Trump had threatened that Iran would see its “whole civilization” destroyed if it did not allow free transit through the vital waterway.
The agreement that was brokered by Pakistan was hailed as a victory by both countries. Mr. Trump said a 10-point plan from Iran was a “workable basis on which to negotiate” a lasting end to the war after demanding Tehran’s “unconditional surrender” for weeks. Iranian officials were triumphant, with ...

‘A very strange
outcome’:
Fareed on US-Iran ceasefire
April 07, 2026 - President Trump’s latest deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face a wave of destructive strikes drew closer on Tuesday, with no public signs of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war.
Against a backdrop of continuing strikes across the region, oil prices climbed. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had launched a new wave of airstrikes on Iranian government infrastructure and had detected Iranian missiles fired at Israel.

What impact will
Trump’s ‘whole civilization will die’ threat
have on Iranians?
April 06, 2026 - Iran said on Monday that it would retaliate forcefully if President Trump carries out his threat to strike Iranian power plants and bridges unless Tehran ends its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
Both countries appeared to stand on the precipice of what could become a new phase in the month-old war, as they escalated threats and Iran and Israel launched new attacks. An Israeli strike overnight on Monday killed Majid Khademi, the intelligence chief for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in the latest killing of a senior Iranian leader.
F BOMB and Blasphemy: Trump’s unhinged
Iran post raising
25th Amendment talk
April 05, 2026 - President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian power plants within the next two days and taunted the country’s leaders in an expletive-laden social media post.
Mr. Trump, seemingly emboldened by the successful U.S. rescue of an American airman in Iran over the weekend, issued a new ultimatum to Iran to end its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, a major Persian Gulf waterway for the transport of oil and gas, by Apr. 6.
If Iran’s government did not, he said, U.S. forces would target the country’s energy infrastructure, which supplies power for millions of civilians.






