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Iranian armed forces have declared the Strait of Hormuz will “never return to its former state, especially for America and Israel” after US President Donald Trump launched a foul-mouthed tirade about the waterway.
The president demanded on Sunday that Iran reopen the passage way and warned the regime would be “living in hell” if it did not happen before a new deadline of Tuesday 8pm ET.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump said.
“There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy responded to Trump with a post on X: “The Strait of Hormuz will never return to its former state, especially for America and Israel.
“The Navy of the IRGC is in the process of completing the operational preparations for the announced plan of Iran’s officials for the new order in the Persian Gulf.”
The conflict has now entered its sixth week, and overnight strikes on cities across Iran killed more than 25 people, with reports of children among the dead.
Iranian attacks injured four people in the Haifa, Israel, early Monday and a Ghanaian man suffered wounds from shrapnel in Abu Dhabi, after the interception of an Iranian missile, UAE authorities said.
Two people were killed by Iranian strikes on Haifa, Israel, on Sunday Credit: AP
US issues Iran new deadline
Trump has threatened to attack Iran’s power plants and bridges if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened by Tuesday 8pm ET (1am BST).
It is not the first time Trump has set a deadline for Iran to reopen the strait – an essential waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes – with the president extending the time limit each time before it runs out.
The previous deadline was set for April 6, after which Trump said the US would strike Iranian energy infrastructure.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy declared that the Strait of Hormuz will “never return to its former state, especially for America and Israel” in a post on X.
A spokesperson for Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters – Iran’s central military command – warned of a “much more devastating” retaliatory attacks if civilian infrastructure is targeted by the US and Israel.
“If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread,” the spokesperson said in a statement through state television.
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon Credit: AP
Strikes across Iran kill more than 25 people
Airstrikes across Iran took place Sunday into Monday, with an attack on Eslamshar, southwest of Tehran, killing at least 13 people according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.
Five people were also killed when a residential area in the city of Qom was hit, and six more died in strikes on other cities, the state-run IRAN daily newspaper said.
Three people died in Tehran after an airstrike hit their home, Iranian state television reported, with explosions and low-flying jets heard over the capital for hours overnight.
Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology was also hit, with reports of damage to the buildings as well as a natural gas distribution site next to the campus.
No students are currently using the campus, as the war has forced all classes online.
Iran attacks Israel and Gulf neighbours
Israel’s Magen David Adom and Fire and Rescue services said early Monday that there are several reported sites of Iranian missile hits in the northern city of Haifa.
In one site, four people were slightly injured, including two children.
It comes one day after another attack from Iran also hit a Haifa residential area on Sunday, killing two people and injuring others.
Israeli security forces and rescue teams have been working to find people trapped beneath the rubble.
In the United Arab Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi, authorities said a Ghanaian man had suffered wounds from shrapnel after the interception of an Iranian missile over the city’s Musaffah neighborhood.
The site is near the Al Dhafra Air Base, which hosts US forces and has been repeatedly targeted by Iran in the war.
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