Trump gives Iran deadline to open Hormuz as mixed messages spur crisis
Jennifer A. Dlouhy
Updated
Washington | US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran’s power plants if the country didn’t swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial ship traffic after the passage of oil and gas cargoes has been paralysed, prompting a warning from Tehran.
Trump said in a social media post on Saturday evening (Sunday AEDT) that he would “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants, beginning with the biggest one, if it didn’t open the strait within 48 hours.