{"id":588349,"date":"2026-04-07T16:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/588349\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:24:15","slug":"trump-says-a-whole-civilization-will-die-tonight-as-iran-deadline-looms-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/588349\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says \u2018a whole civilization will die tonight\u2019 as Iran deadline looms &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> says that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d as his deadline for <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/iran\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iran<\/a> to open the Strait of Hormuz looms on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don\u2019t want that to happen, but it probably will,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning, 12 hours ahead of his deadline for Iran.<\/p>\n<p>However, he added that there was potential for something \u201cwonderful\u201d to happen in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5qOokIQPuK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5qOokIQPuK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2041490569105469835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said his deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern is \u201cone of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World,\u201d saying \u201c47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Trump gave Iran a 48-hour window \u2013 a period that would expire on Monday \u2013 to allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz \u201cbefore all Hell will reign [sic] down on them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Easter Sunday, in an expletive-laden post on Truth Social, Trump threatened Iran\u2019s power plants and bridges if they did not open the Strait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!\u201d Trump said, warning Iranians that they would be \u201cliving in Hell\u201d unless they gave in to his demands.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, he simply posted the time of the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran has responded by saying it would target U.S. allies in the Gulf region, refusing to back down after Trump\u2019s threats. Tehran has already targeted energy infrastructure and U.S. military targets in the region, vowing to escalate its campaign after Trump\u2019s latest deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took to social media on Tuesday to announce that he had registered for military service, along with 14 million Iranians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 14 million proud Iranians have so far registered to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran. I too have been, am, and will remain devoted to giving my life for Iran,\u201d\u00a0Pezeshkian said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More than 14 million proud Iranians have so far registered to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran. I too have been, am, and will remain devoted to giving my life for Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9GBHAAEMu\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/B9GBHAAEMu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drpezeshkian\/status\/2041443063655248199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou and your allies will suffer an unforgettable hit from the ancient civilization of Iran,\u201d the Iranian Embassy in South Africa posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. President Donald Trump says that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d as his deadline for Iran to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,1376,46,43,5897,44,41,39,42,40,3275],"class_list":{"0":"post-588349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories","18":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}