Trump Says Iran Can Be ‘Wiped Out’ as Tehran Rejects Ceasefire
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Donald Trump said Iran “could be taken out in one night” and insisted reopening the Strait of Hormuz must be part of any ceasefire deal as his Tuesday deadline to reopen the waterway approaches. Still, the president added that talks with the Islamic Republic are “going well” even as Iran rejected a US truce proposal sent via Pakistan. By warning that the US would deliberately bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran, Trump drew criticism that he was threatening to commit war crimes.