Iran launched recent assaults throughout West Asia on Monday (April 6, 2026) and threatened “devastating” retaliation, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s expletive-laced warning that Tehran should reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates reported a barrage of missile and drone strikes early on Monday (April 6).
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The assaults got here as Tehran ramped up rhetoric in opposition to Mr. Trump, with Tehran’s central navy command warning of “rather more devastating” retaliation if its adversaries hit civilian targets.
The warning got here hours after Mr. Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure, demanding Tehran bow to his calls for for a deal to reopen the Gulf to delivery.
Iran has successfully blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a significant power chokepoint, frightening Mr. Trump to demand on Sunday (April 5): “Open the F****n’ Strait, you loopy b******s, otherwise you’ll be dwelling in Hell.”
In a terse follow-up submit, the President apparently set a brand new deadline for Iran to conform: “Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.” (0000 GMT Wednesday).
As Christians marked Easter, Mr. Trump revived warnings of air strikes on Iranian energy vegetation and bridges, after celebrating the rescue of a wounded airman whose fighter jet went down inside Iran.
Iranian pictures confirmed wreckage of a number of plane, however Tehran didn’t deny US forces rescued the officer, who sheltered in a mountainous space whereas American particular forces and Iranian troops raced to search out him.
Mr. Trump mentioned in a Reality Social submit saying the airman’s rescue that he would give a information convention on Monday (April 6).
‘Nothing prefer it!’
The battle, which erupted on February 28 with lethal US-Israeli strikes on Tehran, has engulfed West Asia and strained the worldwide financial system.
Iranian missiles have hit Israeli cities and financial infrastructure within the Gulf, sending world power costs hovering.
Oil opened greater in early buying and selling in Asia, with U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate up 1.86% to $113.62 a barrel and Brent above $110.
Whereas Mr. Trump instructed Fox Information Iran was “shut” to creating a deal, safety analyst Danny Citrinowicz mentioned “the prospect of a negotiated settlement with Iran, at the very least below present situations, is near nonexistent.”
“Tuesday can be Energy Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in a single, in Iran. There can be nothing prefer it!!!” Mr. Trump declared, prompting Tehran to accuse the U.S. President of taking orders from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, posted on social media that “our complete area goes to burn since you insist on following Mr. Netanyahu’s instructions.”
Iran’s ally Russia additionally condemned Mr. Trump’s menace.
Moscow mentioned Washington ought to abandon “the language of ultimatums” and return to negotiations, in response to a Russian readout of International Minister Sergei Lavrov’s newest name along with his Iranian counterpart.
Many residents of Tehran appeared detached to Mr. Trump’s invective, with younger Iranians exercising, flying kites and holding picnics in a big park within the metropolis’s west on April 5.
U.S. airman rescue
The New York Occasions reported that the rescued U.S. airman, a weapons techniques officer, was geared up with a pistol, a beacon and a safe communications gadget to coordinate with rescuers.
Two of the plane meant to move him and his rescuers to security have been caught inside Iran and needed to be destroyed to stop them from falling into Iranian palms, The Occasions and CBS reported.
U.S. forces used three different planes to hold out the airman and his rescuers, studies mentioned.
Iran’s navy mentioned it destroyed 4 U.S. plane concerned within the operation, which it mentioned used an deserted airport.
Iranian media reported 5 folks have been killed in strikes in the course of the operation.
Footage launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was introduced as exhibiting charred, smoking wreckage of an American plane scattered throughout a desert space.
Iran claims it downed the fighter jet and the crew ejected, whereas US media reported solely the airplane was shot down. Washington has not confirmed what precipitated the airplane to come back down.
Gulf nations reported a wave of recent strikes from Sunday to Monday, with Kuwait saying it was working to intercept a barrage of missiles and drones fired in direction of the territory.
The United Arab Emirates additionally mentioned on Monday that its air defences have been responding to a missile and drone assault.
It got here after UAE authorities in Sharjah mentioned they have been coping with an “incident” in the important thing port of Khor Fakkan following an Iranian strike.
Israel’s military additionally mentioned Monday (April 6) it had recognized a recent wave of missiles launched from Iran in direction of the nation.
UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash warned Iran that focusing on its Arab neighbours “will really concretize the American position” including the UAE was able to “be a part of any American-led effort, worldwide effort to safe navigation within the Strait of Hormuz.”
‘Select peace’
In Iran, native media reported a number of assaults on residential areas over Tehran Monday, whereas the state broadcaster mentioned that gasoline outages hit elements of the capital after a strike on a college.
Israel’s military mentioned early on Monday (April 6) it had accomplished a wave of strikes in opposition to “regime targets” in Tehran.
On one other entrance, Lebanon has more and more been dragged into the battle since Iran-backed Hezbollah resumed focusing on Israel.
Israel has struck again and pushed forces into southern Lebanon, with the military chief Lieutenant Common Eyal Zamir visiting there Sunday and pledging to accentuate strikes in opposition to Hezbollah.
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have warned that assaults by Israel and Hezbollah close to its positions “might probably draw return hearth.”
The Israeli navy and medics mentioned a missile fired from Iran hit a residential constructing within the northern metropolis of Haifa, injuring 4 folks.
The battle solid a shadow over Easter celebrations, with Pope Leo XIV utilizing his first Easter blessing as pontiff to induce leaders to “select peace”.
Printed – April 06, 2026 10:04 am IST
