President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Iran that “time is running out” and gave the regime 48 hours to either “MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT” before “all Hell” would rain down, escalating his pressure campaign on the 36th day of Operation Epic Fury as the White House signaled that Tehran is rapidly running out of time to avoid even harsher consequences. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed Saturday that Tehran’s position was being “misrepresented by U.S. media” and insisted the regime had “never refused to go to Islamabad,” while saying what Iran cared about were the terms of a “conclusive and lasting END to the illegal war that is imposed on us.” The downing marked the first known loss of a U.S. aircraft in Iranian territory during the current operation and came just two days after Trump said in a national address that the United States had “beaten and completely decimated Iran” and was moving to finish the job quickly.
Author: Joshua Klein
Published at: 2026-04-04 20:59:33
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