Trump gives Iran 48-hour deadline as Israel warns Tehran could strike London
Mr Trump said the US will "obliterate" Iran's power plants if the country doesn't open the Strait soon, as Israel claims Iran has missiles capable of hitting London, Paris and Berlin.
Donald Trump has said the US will "obliterate" Iran's power plants if the country doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz "without threat" within 48 hours.
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Writing on Truth Social, Mr Trump said: "If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!"
Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels, since the US and Israel attacked the country on 28 February.
Israel has warned that Iran has developed long-range missiles capable of reaching major European cities - claims the Housing Secretary denied on Sunday with Lewis Goodall.
It comes as James Cleverley told LBC that Iran "has got to recognise that its actions have consequences" in relation to Trump's latest threat.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said Tehran had launched a long-range missile for the first time since the start of the war, demonstrating it could now strike cities including London, Paris and Berlin.
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"We have been saying it: The Iranian terrorist regime poses a global threat," the IDF said in a statement.
The Israeli military said the missiles could travel around 4,000km, putting dozens of countries across Europe, Asia and Africa within range.
The warning comes after Iran targeted Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands before the Government gave the US permission to strike missile sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. It is not clear exactly when the two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired.
On Sunday, Iran denied targeting the military base on the island, with a senior official telling Al Jazeera that Tehran was not behind the reported missile attempt.
Global fuel prices have soared as a result of the war, with crude oil rising above $100 a barrel - up almost 70% this year and nearly 50% from a year ago.
It comes after 88 people were wounded in an Iranian missile which struck Arad on Saturday, hours after an Iranian ballistic missile evaded Israeli air defences and hit the city of Dimona – close to Israel’s main nuclear site.
Ten people have been left in serious condition, including a five-year-old girl, according to emergency services.
The local fire service added that there was “extensive damage”, with three buildings affected and a blaze engulfing one of them.
Benjamin Netanyahu said it had been a “very difficult evening” for Israel, adding that Tel Aviv was “determined to continue” striking their enemies “on all fronts”.
The attack on Arad came after an Iranian ballistic missile evaded Israeli air defences on Saturday and hit the desert city of Dimona, close to the country’s main nuclear facility.
Following the strikes, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagheri Ghalibaf said on X: “It appears that the time has come to implement the next pre-planned strategies.
"If Israel is unable to intercept missiles in the heavily protected Dimona area, it is, operationally, a sign of entering a new phase of the conflict. Israel’s skies are defenceless."
The strike follows an attack in the nearby city of Dimona hours earlier, where at least 47 people were wounded.
Firefighters said that in “both Dimona and Arad, interceptors were launched that failed to hit the threats, resulting in two direct hits by ballistic missiles with warheads weighing hundreds of kilograms”.
The Israeli military said it would investigate the issue related to the air defence system.
Seyed Majid Moosavi, the IRGC’s aerospace force commander, also warned on Saturday that the regime had new “launch systems” that would leave the United States and Israel “dumbfounded”.
In recent months, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Aragchi claimed that the nation's missiles could only strike 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometres).
Trump's comments comes as the United States claimed that Iran's ability to threaten ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz have been "degraded" after an underground facility used to store cruise missiles was bombed earlier this week.