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Trump escalates his threats against Iran

But he has set a later deadline of Tuesday for Iran to repoen the Strait of Hormuz.

Donald Trump has theatened to bomb Iran's bridges and power plants if the country does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However he later appears to have shifted the deadline for compliance to Tuesday. Tehran has described President Trump's ultimatums as "nonsense". It said Iran's retaliation would be much more devastating and widespread if civilian targets were hit.

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(Photo: Traffic passing a huge political billboard reading in Persian "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed". Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA).

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