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4/6/2026, 12:51:14 PM
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver an update on the war against Iran from the White House on Monday.
Trump says he will hold a press conference along with members of the military at 1 p.m.
ET.
The conference lands around the time Trump's 48-hour window for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is set to close.
He has vowed to target Iran's power plants and transportation infrastructure on Tuesday if Iran does not strike a deal.
Nevertheless, Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials have spent the weekend in talks with the Iranian regime, with Pakistan acting as mediator.
It is unclear whether a deal can be made before the deadline arrives.
Sen.
Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., argued that President Donald Trump's threats to attack Iranian's energy infrastructure would constitute a "war crime" this weekend.
Trump on Sunday vowed to strike Iran's transportation infrastructure and power plants if the regime does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Merkley argued in a post on X that such attacks would be war crimes, and he went on to say military leaders should "refuse" such orders.
"President Trump's profanity-laden Easter threat to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure—power plants and bridges—are the words of a frustrated and immoral madman.
Many experts agree that such attacks would be war crimes under international law," Merkley wrote.
"To our military leaders, remember this: You are legally required to refuse orders to commit war crimes," he added.
President Donald Trump says the war with Iran is "nearing completion," but a looming deadline could determine whether the conflict is actually ending — or about to escalate.
"We are going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast.
We’re getting very close," Trump said Wednesday night, adding that U.S. forces will "hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks" and "bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong."
As the war enters what analysts describe as its final phase, the administration is signaling a shift from broad military gains to a narrower endgame — raising questions about what "finishing the job" actually means militarily and politically.
Trump gave Iran until Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning that failure to comply could trigger sweeping strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure.
"If no deal is made … we are going to hit each and every one of their electric-generating plants, very hard and probably simultaneously," he said.
"With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE.
IT WOULD BE A ‘GUSHER’ FOR THE WORLD???"
he said on Truth Social Friday.
The U.S. has already begun expanding its target set to include major infrastructure.
This week, American strikes hit one of Iran’s largest bridges — a critical transportation artery — signaling that mixed-use infrastructure supporting military logistics is now firmly on the table.
"The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again — Much more to follow!"
Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"IT IS TIME FOR IRAN TO MAKE A DEAL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE."
That raises a central question heading into the final weeks: what, exactly, would "finishing the job" look like?
Military analysts say it is unlikely to be a single decisive strike.
Instead, the endgame may unfold as a series of escalating options — from intensified attacks on Iran’s remaining missile and drone network, to broader strikes on infrastructure designed to force the regime into a deal, or a longer-term strategy of containing Iran’s capabilities from above.
"We will continue to see very aggressive attrition of offensive and defensive targets, as well as infrastructure targets," said RP Newman, a retired Marine ground combat veteran and counterterrorism consultant.
Israeli Defense Forces released images of an Iranian airstrike in Haifa that killed four people on Monday.
The IDF says rescue workers recovered the bodies of four people trapped in the rubble after an Iranian missile struck a residential building on Sunday.
"After many hours of intensive efforts and operations by the National Rescue Unit (NRU), alongside forces from the Haifa District and the Home Front Command’s Search and Rescue Brigade, and in cooperation with emergency organizations and firefighters, four individuals who had been trapped under the rubble were recovered from the scene deceased," the IDF said in a statement.
"Rescue forces, including rescuers, population officers, rescue physicians, and rescue intelligence officers - employed advanced rescue equipment and various technological means at the scene in order to locate the trapped individuals as quickly as possible," the statement continued.
A Pakistan-brokered plan to halt hostilities between the U.S. and Iran could take effect as soon as Monday, according to a source familiar with the talks.
Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been in contact “all night long” with Vice President JD Vance, envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, the source told Reuters.
The proposal calls for an immediate ceasefire—reopening the Strait of Hormuz—followed by 15 to 20 days of negotiations on a broader agreement.
The framework, dubbed the “Islamabad Accord,” would include final talks in Islamabad.
Iran has not yet agreed to the deal.
The push comes as rising tensions threaten global energy markets, with President Donald Trump urging a swift resolution.
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