In comments to The Wall Street Journal, Trump reiterated his warning that failure to reach an agreement would trigger strikes on key infrastructure. “If they don’t do anything by Tuesday night, they won’t have any power plants left, and no bridge will be left standing,” he said, signaling potential attacks on strategic targets across Iran.
The ultimatum is part of a US effort to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital corridor for global oil shipments. Iran’s partial closure of the strait has become a central flashpoint in the ongoing conflict, raising concerns over energy supplies and regional stability.
Trump has previously adjusted his deadlines, including a 10-day extension granted in late March.
This is the plan to bring down the Iranian regime
As President Donald Trump's ultimatum nears its end, there are almost no contacts between Washington and Tehran. Israeli officials believe the failure of the talks is pushing the war into a decisive economic phase. The goal: hitting the Iranian oil and transport sectors until the economy is paralyzed and the regime collapses.
With just two days left before the end of Trump's latest 10-day ultimatum to Iran, there are almost no contacts between the sides after most of the countries involved in the talks stepped back. Pakistan, the surprise mediator, concluded that the gaps between the parties were too wide. The US sent a 15-point document that Iran viewed as a surrender note, and even the bare minimum needed for indirect negotiations under fire failed to materialize.
As Israel Hayom reported, the US informed Israel that those talks had failed and that dialogue with Iran had reached a dead end. The main reason for the impasse is an internal dispute within Iran's leadership over how to end the war. On one side, President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received backing from former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an article proposing a framework for an agreement.
On the other side, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, led by Ahmad Vahidi, believes that despite the enormous damage, the regime can survive, that Trump will eventually lose patience, and that the Gulf states and Israel will not be able to sustain the economic paralysis for long. Trump tried to cultivate an alternative leadership, but apparently did not succeed, and at this stage there is no legitimacy within the regime for negotiations.
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