Israel warns Iranians their lives will be at risk if they use trains as Trump deadline looms
Threat comes after US president said he would bomb power plants and bridges if Iran did not reopen strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates Israel warned Iranians this morning that their lives would be at risk if they use the country’s railways on Tuesday before the end of a negotiating deadline imposed by Donald Trump with a threat to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants. Israel’s military, writing in Farsi, said in a social media post that “from this moment” – 8.50am Iran time – a
Attacks on Iran increase and Israel tells Iranians to avoid train travel as deadline to reopen strait of Hormuz looms
Middle East crisis – live updates
Donald Trump has warned that Iran’s “whole civilisation will die tonight” if Tehran did not comply with his demands, as the world braced to see if the president would deliver on his latest threat to order the mass destruction of Iranian power plants and bridges in the absence of a deal by 8pm EDT (1am BST).
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards signalled they were also ready to escalate the war with a threat to retaliate “beyond the region” and “to deprive the US and its allies of oil and gas in the region for years”, suggesting Iran would target oil and gas production facilities in the Gulf and elsewhere, potentially sending the world into a recession.
Coverage from 3 sources
- Israel warns Iranians their lives will be at risk if they use trains as Trump deadline loomsGuardian - World · Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem · Apr 7, 2026, 9:23 AM
- Israel warns Iranians not to use trains as Trump deadline loomsGuardian - World · Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem · Apr 7, 2026, 2:12 PM
- Donald Trump says ‘a whole civilisation will die’ if Iran ignores demandsGuardian - World · Julian Borger, Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem and Andrew Roth in Washington · Apr 7, 2026, 9:57 PM
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