Trump Issues Midnight Deadline for Iran to Accept Move-Forward Deal or Face Infrastructure Destruction

President Donald Trump has escalated tensions with Iran by issuing a formal ultimatum during a White House press conference on April 6. The President warned that the U.S. military is personal prepared to destroy "all bridges and power plants" across Iran by midnight Tuesday (8:00 PM ET, April 7) if Tehran does not agree to a new, unspecified deal. This shift in rhetoric explicitly targets civilian infrastructure, with Trump asserting that the U.S. could effectively "take out the entire country" in a span of four hours. The threat has triggered immediate concern in global energy markets and humanitarian circles. Analysts warn that an attack on Iran's power grid would halt domestic production and further destabilize global energy supply chains, following a period where oil prices have already exceeded $100 per barrel. Humanitarian experts have cautioned that such strikes would cause catastrophic damage to medical services and exacerbate famine risks in regional proxy zones, while Trump suggested the Iranian public might endure such hardships as a means to achieve "freedom" and internal regime change. As of the morning of April 7, no new military kinetic actions or diplomatic breakthroughs have been confirmed. While the President cited intercepted communications as evidence of internal Iranian support for aggressive U.S. intervention, those claims have not been independently verified. International reactions remain muted as the world watches the approaching deadline, noting that previous ultimatums issued by the administration regarding Iran and Russia have gone unfulfilled.