Donald Trump threatens an ultimatum, Iran responds. “If red lines are crossed…”

Israel attacks infrastructure civil Iran: railway lines, bridges and major highways. Meanwhile The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a warning to the enemy – announcing that if Iran's “red lines” are crossed, the scale of the retaliatory response to the infrastructure of the US and its allies will deprive them of access to oil and gas from the region for years – reports Iran's semi-official Tasnim Agency.
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IRCG emphasizes in a statement that if the “American terrorist army” crosses “red lines”, Iran's response will reach beyond the region.
Attacks on Iran – railways, bridges, Khark Island, critical infrastructure A newly built bridge that was damaged by US airstrikes in Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, April 3, 2026.
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Iranian state media reports about attacks on many railway lines across the country, following a warning from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordering Iranians to refrain from using trains or staying near railway lines for 12 hours.
Israeli attacks on Iran affect all transport routes – railways, bridges and major highways – reports CNN. Israel believes Iran uses these routes to transport ammunition, missiles and missile launchers.
Attacks on railway lines and bridges in Iran Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday.
Iran's semi-official Mehr Agency reported that on Khark island explosions are heard in the Persian Gulf. About 90% of it passes through the island. Iranian oil exports. In turn, a day earlier, on Monday, Israel struck the largest petrochemical complex in Iran Asaluyeh.
See also: Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is increasing. Iran strengthens control over the route
Iran attacked Saudi Arabia
Iran says it attacked a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported the attack on a petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia's Jubail district, in a statement published by Iran's state news agency IRNA. The statement said it was a response to Monday's attack on petrochemical plants in Iran.
Qatar warned on Tuesday that the region was close to the point where the situation could spiral out of control. “We call on all parties to find a solution to this war before it gets out of control,” Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told CNN.
US attacks on Iran – Donald Trump's ultimatum
Donald Trump announced a major US attack on Iran on Tuesday. “Tonight an entire civilization will perish and never return. I don't want it to happen, but it probably will,” wrote the US president.
Donald Trump's ultimatum for Iran expires on Tuesday at 8 p.m (2.00 a.m. from Tuesday to Wednesday, Polish time).
US Vice President JD Vance, speaking in Budapest, said the United States had “tools that it has not yet chosen to use” against Iran. However, he added that the United States have “substantially” achieved their military objectives in this country.
Oil price
Futures contracts on American WTI crude oil they increase in price by 3% on Tuesday, to approximately $115. per barrel, remaining near 2022 highs.
Markets are waiting for the upcoming deadline set by Donald Trump for Iran to conclude an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz. Trump emphasized that any agreement must guarantee uninterrupted transit through the key waterway, warning that failure to meet this deadline by 8 p.m. Eastern Time may result in U.S. attacks on Iranian infrastructure.
“Every bridge in Iran could be destroyed by midnight tomorrow and power plants could be permanently shut down,” the US president said. The escalation of rhetoric comes as the six-week-old conflict continues to rock oil markets, causing the biggest disruption to global oil supplies in decades.
Brent crude oil prices are rising and it costs around USD 110 on Tuesday. per barrel.
Source: Tasnim, CNN




