Trump's Iran Deadline: Final Line or More Delays?

0:00It's April 7th. This is Candida News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. President Trump just pushed back his deadline for Iran one more time, now set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. He's demanding they fully open the strait of hormones without threats or cut a deal. Warning that without it, hell will rain down on their power plants, bridges, and more. This march the latest in the string of the lay since late March. His first big threat came on March 21st, via truth social, giving them 48 hours until March 23rd evening to comply or face. Strikes on energy infrastructure. But he kept extending it, first five days, then 10 more, to April 6th, mixing tough talk with claims that talks were going well. Iran's flat-out rejected the newest ceasefire push, with their state media reporting in Monday. Officials there say they don't trust the U.S. anymore. After past bombings during talks, demanding guarantees before any end to the fight.

1:00A regional source, close to the diplomacy, says efforts haven't fully collapsed yet. Trump ramped up the heat over the weekend, posting expletive-filled warnings about obliterating everything from desalination plans to oil wells and... Carg Island. He called Tuesday the final line, saying the whole country could fall in one night, with every bridge gone by midnight. Meanwhile, Israeli TV is running a countdown clock to that deadline, keeping the tension sky high as back channel chats grind on between the sides.