Trump says Iran could be ’taken out’ on Tuesday, Hegseth says major strikes to come

try{ var _=i o; . if(!_||_&&typeof _==="object"&&_.expiry Tehran rejects ceasefire proposal, Trump says Iran ’could be taken out’ on Tuesday Iran, U.S. receive proposal to end conflict, reopen Strait of Hormuz - reports Oil prices tick up after Iran rejects potential ceasefire, Trump’s fresh warning Stocks end higher on ceasefire hopes even as Trump ramps up threats against Iran (South Africa Philippines Nigeria) Trump says Iran could be ’taken out’ on Tuesday, Hegseth says major strikes to come By Commodities Published 04/06/2026, 01:44 PM Updated 04/06/2026, 08:01 PM Trump says Iran could be ’taken out’ on Tuesday, Hegseth says major strikes to come 2 By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, April 6 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will order sweeping attacks on Iranian civilian power plants and bridges on Tuesday night unless Tehran makes a deal aimed at ending the five-week war with Iran. Trump’s vow at a White House press conference came ahead of the 8 p.m. EDT deadline on Tuesday (0000 GMT Wednesday) that he set for Iran to comply with U.S. conditions. Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transit waterway. He said: "The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night." "I hope I don’t have to do it," Trump said. He said the U.S. has a plan "where every bridge in Iran will be decimated" by midnight EDT (0400 GMT) Wednesday and "where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again." "I mean, complete demolition - by 12 o’clock, and it’ll happen over a period of four hours if we want it to. We don’t want that to happen," he said. Critics have said Trump would be committing war crimes if the U.S. attacks civilian power plants, a point Trump dismissed on Monday."I’m not worried about it. You know what’s a war crime? Having a nuclear weapon," Trump said earlier on Monday during an Easter egg event for...