Iran’s energy grid is set to face the full fury of the United States’s military power on Tuesday if it does not make a deal with President Donald Trump.
The country could also face a revolt from civilian protesters supplied with U.S. weapons, the president suggested Sunday.
Over the weekend, Trump said Iran had 48 hours to strike a deal with the U.S. before “all Hell will reign down,” marking the president’s reiteration of the 10-day time frame he has given Iran. Trump’s original deadline was Monday at 8 p.m., but he indicated on Sunday that the deadline had been pushed back a day, vowing that the U.S. would begin sweeping strikes targeting Iran’s power plants and bridges at 8 p.m. Tuesday if it does not meet Washington’s demands, particularly regarding opening the Strait of Hormuz.
The president previously pledged to “completely obliterate” Iran’s oil wells and blow up vital energy
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