Donald Trump says ‘a whole civilisation will die’ if Iran ignores demands
Attacks on Iran increase and Israel tells Iranians to avoid train travel as deadline to reopen strait of Hormuz looms
Donald Trump has warned that Iran's whole civilisation will die tonight" if Tehran did not comply with his demands, as the world braced to see if the president would deliver on his latest threat to order the mass destruction of Iranian power plants and bridges in the absence of a deal by 8pm EDT (1am BST).
Iran's Revolutionary Guards signalled they were also ready to escalate the war with a threat to retaliate beyond the region" and to deprive the US and its allies of oil and gas in the region for years", suggesting Iran would target oil and gas production facilities in the Gulf and elsewhere, potentially sending the world into a recession.
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