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Tuesday marked the 39th day of the US, Israel-Iran conflict. US President Donald Trump threatened to decimate Iran within four hours if it did not agree to a deal by Tuesday night, while brushing aside allegations of possible war crimes in case of attacks on power plants and bridges. He asked Iran to make a deal with the US and open the Hormuz Strait for free movement of oil by 8 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday.
Trump insisted that Iranians want him to conduct more strikes and they are “willing to suffer” for freedom. Trump said the US may even help Iran in rebuilding the country if it agreed to a deal. Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war.
Here are the latest updates on the US-Israel-Iran war.
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US President Donald Trump has indicated that while Washington remains prepared to launch heavy strikes against Iran on Tuesday, the deadline could shift if negotiations show meaningful progress, Fox News reported.
Speaking to Fox News anchor Bret Baier on the phone, Trump reiterated that the deadline remains in place for now.
On reports that Iran has cut off all communications with the US, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt toold ANI, "The Iranian regime has until 8 PM Eastern Time to meet the moment and make a deal with the United States. Only the President knows where things stand and what he will do.”
Bahrain's draft resolution on opening the Strait of Hormuz at the UN Security Council was not approved, after China and Russia vetoed it.
(Source: IRIB)
“The power of culture, logic and faith of a ‘civilised’ nation will undoubtedly overcome the logic of power and naked force,” wrote Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei in a post on X.
“A nation that believes in the rightness of its path will use all its capacities and capabilities to protect its rights and interests,” he added.
According to AlJazeera, Kuwait’s Defence Ministry spokesman says 17 drone attacks were responded to in the last 24 hours and the attacks did not result in any damage or injuries.
AlJazeera quoted Israel’s army and said it has detected a new wave of missiles from Iran heading towards the country, the second attack it has reported in less than 30 minutes.
The situation on Iran Kharg Island is under control reported Mehr. The report further added that there was no disruption to oil facilities on Kharg island.
The White House has rejected claims that Vice President JD Vance hinted at a possible US nuclear strike on Iran , after he said the US has tools it “so far hasn’t decided to use” to enforce Trump’s ultimatum.
The Israeli military confirmed on its Telegram channel that it had attacked eight bridge sections, claiming that they were used by the IRGC to transport weapons and military equipment.
US issues shelter in place order for all US citizens in Bahrain.
The US Embassy in Manama has directed all US government employees to shelter in place. We recommend all Americans in Bahrain do the same until further notice.
Trump to Fox News
'8 pm is happening,' unprecedented attack on Iran may still unfold, but that could change if negotiations improve today
Iran officially threatens to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait "if the situation gets out of control," reported Reuters.
Sirens have sounded in parts of northern and southern Israel following missile and drone attacks from Iran and Hezbollah, according to Israeli media reports.
Iran has closed all diplomatic and indirect channels of communication with the United States, claimed Tehran Times. Any and all message exchanges have also been suspended.
Efforts to facilitate talks between the US and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani reported Reuters quoting sources, as strikes on Iran intensify and a deadline set by President Donald Trump nears.
Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry have intercepted and destroyed four drones in recent hours, reported AlJazeera.
According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Israeli emergency services are reporting a direct hit on a structure in northern Israel’s Kiryat Shmona.
According to the WAM news agency, UAE authorities are responding to a ballistic missile launched from Iran targeting an administrative building belonging to the Thuraya Telecommunications Company in the Sharjah Central Region.
"We said that if you start a war, you won’t be able to finish it. And we have said again: if you target our infrastructure... Learn from past mistakes!" says Iran Ambassador Mohammad Fathali.
US has confirmed strike on Kharg Islands on Tuesday. According to Vance, Kharg doesn't represent change in strategy but it reiterates deadline for Iran.
SOURCE: Bloomberg
"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, 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? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!," Trump said in a post on X.
Thirty-six soldiers have been injured in Lebanon over the past two days, ALJazeera reported quoting Israeli Military. The report further added that 411 soldiers have been wounded since the start of the war, including 27 seriously and 60 moderately.
The Israelis Air Force confirmed extensive strikes on Iran.
"The Air Force completed a wave of extensive strikes a short while ago targeting dozens of infrastructures of the Iranian terror regime across Iran," it said in a post on X.
A building collapsed in Petah Tikva after a rocket barrage from Iran hit central Israel, reported Hayom. Damage was also reported in Givat Shmuel. According to the report, the mayor of Petah Tikva said that nearly 150 impact sites were recorded in the city since the start of the war.
Israeli strike hit the Yahya Abad railway bridge in the city of Kashan, in central Iran, according to report by Mehr News Agency. The strike killed two people said Deputy Governor of Isfahan.
A Reporter at AXIOS quoting US Official said that the military strikes at Kharg Islands were conducted by the US.
Speaking to China Television Network In Europe Qatar Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said that the situation in Middle East is at a point where it could spiral out of control.
Speaking to China Television Network In Europe Qatar Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said that the situation in Middle East is at a point where it could spiral out of control.
Iran's Kharg Island targeted with several strikes, according to media reports.
At the Inter-Ministerial Briefing on Recent Developments in the Middle East, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary, MoPNG said:
At the Inter-Ministerial Briefing on Recent Developments in the Middle East, on the aviation sector, Asangba Chuba AO, JS, Civil Aviation Ministry said:
Dr. Zarei, a Sharif University math professor, held his "Randomised Algorithms" online class from the ruins of the classroom. Sharif University in Iran, a top engineering University in the Middle East, was bombed by the US yesterday.
Dr. Zarei, a Sharif University math professor, held his "Randomized Algorithms" online class from the ruins of the classroom.
— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) April 7, 2026
Sharif University in Iran, a top engineering University in the Middle East, was bombed by the #US yesterday. pic.twitter.com/2yKU24QRiO
When an F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over southwestern Iran, its two-person crew ejected and landed miles apart in the rugged Zagros Mountains. The pilot recovered relatively quickly, but the weapons systems officer, injured after ejecting, remained stranded, evading capture in the mountains for more than a day. Using his survival training, he treated his own wounds, kept moving, and stayed out of sight, according to reports.
An airstrike targeting Iran's Alborz province, northwest of Tehran, killed at least 18 people, Iran media reported. The strike also wounded another 24 people, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported. It wasn't immediately clear what had been targeted.
A series of intense airstrikes have pounded Iran's capital, Tehran, including a possible weapons depot in the mountains and residential neighborhoods. The Israelis have conducted a campaign of airstrikes killing top officials in the theocracy and its military.
(Source: AP)
Khorramabad airport in western Iran was hit by a US-Israeli air strike, according to state media reports. The Mehr news agency says provincial authorities are assessing the extent of the damage.
Iran's president said that 14 million Iranians, including himself, have volunteered to sacrifice their lives in the war. President Masoud Pezeshkian made the comment on X just ahead of US President Donald Trump's deadline to bomb power stations and bridges in Iran if it doesn't loosen its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. The figure is double other figures mentioned by state media in the past about volunteers the government had been soliciting by text messages and media as the war went on.
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. https://t.co/B9GBHAAEMu
— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) April 7, 2026
A quick check of global crude prices at this hour shows that Brent crude has risen above $100 per barrel (currently $111.50). The Nymex is trading at $114.60 per barrel.
The Indian IT services sector has been gripped with fears of artificial intelligence-led disruptions this year, especially following the advent of Claude Cowork. However, according to CLSA's senior research analyst Sumit Jain, the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and other macro headwinds are a bigger threat to Indian IT than AI.
The Israel Defense Forces struck a key petrochemical compound in Shiraz. The facility was one of the last remaining compounds producing critical chemical components for explosives and materials for developing ballistic missiles in Iran.
Simultaneously, the IDF said that they struck a large ballistic missile array site in northwestern Iran.
🎯🧪STRUCK: A key petrochemical compound in Shiraz.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) April 7, 2026
The facility was one of the last remaining compounds producing critical chemical components for explosives and materials for developing ballistic missiles in Iran.
Simultaneously, the IDF struck a large ballistic missile array… pic.twitter.com/bU61LNOTqd
Just In: Tehran is experiencing a new wave of attacks, with fighter jets circling above the Iranian capital and at least three powerful explosions reported by Al Jazeera.
Reza Amiri Moghadam, Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan said that Pakistan's efforts to help stop the war are reaching a crucial point. In a post on X, he wrote, "Pakistan positive and productive endeavours in Good Will and Good Office to stop the war is approaching a critical, sensitive stage ...Stay Tuned for more."
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will begin a three-day visit to Washington DC on Wednesday to review bilateral trade and defence ties, and discuss the escalating crisis in the Middle East. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Misri's April 8-10 trip will provide an opportunity to review the full spectrum of India-US bilateral relations and advance ongoing cooperation across key areas.
Iranian musician Ali Ghamsari has staged a sit-in outside the Damavand power plant in protest against US and Israeli threats to target vital infrastructure. Ghamsari said he would remain at the site and play music there in hopes of helping prevent attacks on energy facilities, reports Al Jazeera.
Iranian musician Ali Ghamsari has staged a sit-in outside the Damavand power plant in protest against US and Israeli threats to target vital infrastructure.
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 7, 2026
Ghamsari said he would remain at the site and play music there in hopes of helping prevent attacks on energy facilities. pic.twitter.com/0aYBaP4CNW
The Israeli military warned Iranians in Farsi on Tuesday to avoid taking trains until at least 9 pm local time, likely signalling a new target for its airstrikes.
"Urgent Warning to Users and Train Passengers in the Country of Iran. Dear Citizens, for the sake of your security, we kindly request that from this moment until 21:00 Iran time, you refrain from using and traveling by train throughout Iran. Your presence on trains and near railway lines endangers your life," the warning read.
‼️ هشدار فوری به استفادهکنندگان و مسافران قطارها در کشور ایران.
— ارتش دفاعی اسرائیل | IDF Farsi (@IDFFarsi) April 7, 2026
⭕️ شهروندان گرامی، به منظور امنیت شما، خواهشمندیم از این لحظه تا ساعت ۲۱:۰۰ به وقت ایران، از استفاده و سفر با قطار در سراسر ایران خودداری نمایید.
⭕️ حضور شما در قطارها و در مجاورت خطوط راهآهن جانتان را به خطر می… pic.twitter.com/Fm3BAAEFra
Amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East that have pushed Brent prices up, Goldman Sachs has estimated oil prices will drop to $80 per barrel toward the end of this year.
Israel has additional plans to hit Iran, reported NDTV.
#BREAKING | Israel has additional plans to hit Iran: Report
— NDTV (@ndtv) April 7, 2026
NDTV World's @VishalV054 joins @divyawadhwa with more details#IranWar pic.twitter.com/D9tCjh8sd5
The King Fahd Causeway, a key bridge linking Saudi Arabia to the island kingdom of Bahrain, has been closed over threats from Iranian attacks. The King Fahd Causeway Authority made the announcement in a post on X.
It said vehicle movements had been “suspended as a precautionary measure” over Iranian attacks targeting Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. The 25-kilometre (15.5 mile) bridge is the only connection by road for Bahrain, home to the US Navy's 5th Fleet, to the Arabian Peninsula.
An Iranian official issued a video message calling on youths of the Islamic Republic to form "human chains" around power plants in the country ahead of threatened strikes by U.S. President Donald Trump. Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, issued the video call in a newscast.
"I invite all young people, athletes, artists, students and university students and their professors," he said. Gather "Tuesday at 2 p.m. (Iran time) around the power plants that are our national assets and capital, regardless of any taste or political viewpoint, belong to the future of Iran and to the Iranian youth."
(Source: AP)
A senior Iranian leader reacted to US President Donald Trump's deadline warning, claiming Iran had “clearly won the war” and would only accept terms that secured its gains. Mahdi Mohammadi, adviser to Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, warned America had limited time to “surrender” or his allies would “return to the Stone Age."
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has described Trump's recent threats against Iranian civilian infrastructure as "unhelpful." "Unhelpful because more military action is not necessary," Luxon told Radio New Zealand. "I think the bottom line is that the focus needs to be on not seeing this conflict expand any further," he said.
"We got threats from the president over the weekend. Any of those actions including bombing bridges and reservoirs and civilian infrastructure would be unacceptable as well," Luxon added.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters' message to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting in Washington, scheduled this week, would be to de-escalate the conflict, he said. Peters would "certainly be encouraging the US and Iran to de-escalate quickly," Luxon said.
(Source: AP)
Iran War News Update
Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is reportedly unconscious, and incapacitated and receiving treatment for a severe medical condition, according to NDTV.
#BREAKING | Reports: Iran’s supreme leader unconscious, receiving treatment
— NDTV (@ndtv) April 7, 2026
NDTV's @deepduttajourno joins @ParmeshwarBawa with more details#mojtabakhamenei pic.twitter.com/XQKIXU8hA7
An Israel-backed armed group in Gaza kidnapped children from a school-turned-shelter on Monday, according to a witness, after which Israel launched an airstrike on the site, health authorities said. The Israeli military had no response when reached for comment.
An anti-Hamas Palestinian group called Abu Nusseirah posted on social media that they killed five Hamas fighters at the shelter in Maghazi.
Global oil prices remained elevated on Tuesday, hovering near multi-year highs as tensions between the US and Iran escalated ahead of a critical diplomatic deadline set by US President Donald Trump.
Brent crude traded close to $110 per barrel after a modest gain in the previous session, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) held above $112 — its highest level since mid-2022.
Asked why Iranians would want him to follow up on his threat to blow up the country's infrastructure, Trump says everyday citizens are "willing to suffer ... in order to have freedom." "Please keep bombing. Do it," Trump claimed US officials have heard Iranians say via "intercepts."
" And these are people that are living where the bombs are exploding," he said. He added, "And when we leave and we're not hitting those areas, they're saying, Please come back, come back, come back."
Trump said the F-15E fighter jet that set off a two-day search-and-rescue operation was downed by a shoulder-launched rocket. Trump described the weapon as a "hand-held shoulder missile — heat-seeking missile." The president went on to suggest that the fighter jet was ultimately downed not by the explosion but because of related damage to the aircraft's engines.
"They shot it and it got sucked in right by the engine," Trump said.
The Israeli and Greek defence ministries signed the four-year export agreement Monday in Athens, said a statement from Israel's defence ministry. The system, called PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System), is built to launch rockets of different ranges, the statement said.
Israeli defence giant Elbit Systems will supply the rocket launchers and the warheads to Greece. Greek defence industries are expected to produce some parts of the system.
Iran's military's chief spokesman, Brig Gen Effie Defrin, says the army's chief has approved battle plans for the next three weeks in the absence of a ceasefire. "Every day that passes, we hit them more and more. Already we have very good achievements, and we want to reach excellent achievements," he told a press conference.
Trump says he's "not at all" concerned about committing war crimes as he continues to threaten the destruction of Iran's bridges and power plants if they don't meet a Tuesday evening deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
"I hope I don't have to do it," Trump added.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the US that attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law, his spokesman said. "Even if specific civilian infrastructure were to qualify as a military objective," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, an attack would still be prohibited if it risks "excessive incidental civilian harm."
A court would need to decide whether such attacks were war crimes, he said.
Trump described the consequences that Iran would face if it didn't reach a deal with the US by Trump's 8 pm Tuesday deadline. "We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow night," Trump said.
Power plants in Iran, he continued, would be "burning, exploding and never to be used again." Trump refused to say whether any civilian targets would be off limits in the US response.
As reporters spoke on air, Channel 13 TV's evening newscast showed a large digital clock marking down the hours and minutes until Tuesday night's deadline.
United States President Donald Trump lashed out at Pacific allies for not assisting in Iran fight as he wrapped up his lengthy news conference.
"You know who else didn't help us? South Korea didn't help us," Trump said.
"You know who else didn't help us? Australia didn't help us. You know who else didn't help us? Japan. We've got 50,000 soldiers in Japan to protect them from North Korea. We have 45,000 soldiers in South Korea to protect us from Kim Jong Un, who I get along with very well."
(Source: AP)
Iran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead said it wants a permanent end to the war, even as US President Donald Trump's ultimatum approaches, reports AP.
Trump insisted that Iranians want him to conduct more strikes and they are "willing to suffer" for freedom. Trump said the US may even help Iran in rebuilding the country if it agreed to a deal. "We may even get involved with helping them rebuild their nation," Trump said.
US President Donald Trump threatened to decimate Iran within four hours if it did not agree to a deal by Tuesday night, while brushing aside allegations of possible war crimes in case of attacks on power plants and bridges.
“We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow (Tuesday) night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again, I mean complete demolition by 12 o'clock, and it'll happen over a period of four hours, if we wanted to,” Trump told a press conference here.
He asked Iran to make a deal with the US and open the Hormuz Strait for free movement of oil by 8 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday.
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