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LIVE 4/6/2026

War shows no sign of easing ahead of Trump’s Iran deadline

Summary

• Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that theUS has "many alternatives. We could leave right now, and it would take them 15 years to rebuild what they have. We could leave right now,but I want to finish it up."

• Iran has conveyed its official response to a US proposal to end the war through Pakistan, the government's news agency IRNA reported, sayingTehran rejected a ceasefire and instead called for a permanent end to the conflict on its own terms.

• Israel struck Iran’s largest petrochemical facility in Asaluyeh on Monday, inflicting major economic damage andshutting down a significant share of the country’s export capacity, Defense Minister Israel Katz said.

• The Israeli military said on Monday that itkilled General Majid Khademi, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence organization, in an overnight strike in Tehran.

• US and Israel heavily bombed Tehran and other Iranian cities while Iran struck Haifa as the war entered its sixth week on Monday.

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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia report missile alerts

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia reported missile alerts early hours of Tuesday local time, with authorities warning residents to take precautionary measures.

Bahrain’s interior ministry said sirens had been activated and urged people to remain calm and “head to the nearest safe place”.

The kingdom’s defence ministry later said four ballistic missiles were intercepted in the eastern region, without providing further details.

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CBS: 15 Americans injured in drone strike on US air base in Kuwait

CBS News reports that an Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait overnight injured 15 Americans, citing two US officials.

Most of those injured have since returned to duty, one of the officials said

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Major petrochemical zone in Iran evacuates amid US strikes threat

All personnel have been evacuated from every active industrial unit inthe Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Economic Zonein southwest Iran, authorities said.

The zone’s public relations office said the evacuation was ordered by the region’s emergency command committee.

The move comes as US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iranian energy infrastructure, including power plants and bridges, on Tuesday night if no agreement is reached over reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

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Israel prepares new Iran energy targets as Trump deadline looms - CNN

Israel has approved an updated list of energy and infrastructure targets in Iran in case negotiations fail, according to two Israeli sources cited by CNN.

The updated target list reflects Israeliexpectations that the conflict could escalate further if diplomatic efforts do not produce an agreement.

Israeli officials are said to be highly skeptical that a deal is achievable under current conditions, with Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu personally conveying his concerns to US President Donald Trump.(don’t listen PDJT)

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373 US armed forces injured in Iran war so far, CENTCOM says - CBS

As of Monday, April 6, 373 members of the US armed forces have been injured in the Iran war, CBS News reported, citing a CENTCOM spokesperson.

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Several airports across Iran hit by airstrikes - state media

Airstrikeshit multiple Iranian airports on Monday, including in Kashan in central Iran, Konarak in the southeast, and Urmia and Khoy in the northwest, according to state media.

The strikes followed earlier attacks on three airports in Tehran, including Mehrabad.

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Iran says four officers killed by US aircraft during aviator rescue mission

• Iran’s army said on Monday four of its officers were killed after engaging US aircraft involved in a mission to rescue an American aviator in Isfahan.

• "In the early hours of Sunday, these army officers engaged in direct combat with enemy fighter jets, helicopters, armed drones, and support aircraft in the Mahyar area of Isfahan, opening fire at the aerial targets.After a shoulder-fired missile struck one of the attacking aircraft, they were targeted by other enemy aircraft and killed," the statement said.

• The officers were identified as Brigadier General Masoud Zare, Colonel Moein Heidari, Colonel Seyyed Saeid Mousavi, and Lieutenant Milad Salarvand.

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UN warns against attacks on Iran civilian infrastructure after Trump threats

The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson said even if certain civilian infrastructure is considered a military objective, attacking it remains prohibited if there is a risk of excessive collateral damage to civilians. (Who to heck made up that BS. Good for the UN, definitions actually are not helpful in wars, as long as there is danger)

The spokesperson made the remarks in reaction to comments by US President Donald Trump about potential strikes on such targets in Iran.

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Explosions reported across Iran as US warns of biggest wave of strikes

Explosions were reported in numerous locations across Iran in recent hours, including Tehran, Natanz, Shiraz, Bushehr and Bandar Abbas, as rescue authorities said several areas in and around the capital and other provinces were targeted by attacks.

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Trump says every single Iran bridge will be 'decimated' if no deal reached

"We have a plan where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again," US President Donald Trump told reporters.

"I mean, complete demolition by 12, o'clock, and it will happen over a period of four hours if we wanted to. We don't want that to happen, we may even get involved with helping them rebuild their nation."

"Do I want to destroy their infrastructure? No, it will take them 100 years to rebuild right now. If we left today, it would take them 20 years to rebuild their country," he added.

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Trump says he prefers Kurdish allies to stay away from Iran war

Asked about reported plans to have Kurdish forces launch a ground operation against Iran, President Donald Trump said,“I'd rather have them stay away because I think they bring with them some problems and some difficulties. They bring death, I mean to themselves."

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Iranians 'willing' to suffer for freedom, Trump says on infrastructure attacks

US President Donald Trump said on Monday thatthe Iranian people are “willing” to suffer in order to gain freedom, when asked whether attacking Iran’s infrastructure would punish civilians for the regime’s actions.

"The Iranians have, we've had numerous intercepts, saying please keep bombing bombs that are dropping near their homes. Please keep bombing. Do it. And these are people that are living where the bombs are exploding and when we leave and we're not hitting those areas, they're saying, Please come back. Come back. Come back."

"I don't know what they do.All I can tell you is they want freedom. They have lived in a world that you know nothing about.It's a violent, horrible world where if you protest, you are shot,"Trump added.

"We're giving them (Iran leaders) till tomorrow, eight o'clock Eastern time, and after that, they're gonna have no bridges, they're gonna have no power plants. Stone ages," Donald Trump told reporters, doubling down on his earlier threats to attack Iran's infrastructure.

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