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What we know so far
• Trump’s deadline looms: US President Donald Trump said Iran could be “taken out in one night,” which “might” be Tuesday — a deadline he set for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He wouldn’t say whether the war is winding down, calling it a “critical period” that depends on Iran’s actions.
• Attacks on infrastructure: Trump reiterated threats to hit Iran’s bridges and power plants, claiming the Iranian people would be “willing to suffer” if it eventually secured their freedom. Tehran warned the consequences of such attacks will stretch beyond the region.
• Rejected ceasefire proposal: Trump earlier Monday called a proposal drafted by countries working to implement 45-day ceasefire a “significant step” but “not good enough.” Iran rejected the proposal and called for a permanent end to the war, according to Iranian state-run media.
• Supreme leader defiant: Mojtaba Khamenei has said in a statement that Iran’s forces will not be deterred by the assassinations of commanders.
Iranian minister calls on youth to form human chains around power plants amid Trump threats
Iran’s deputy minister of youth and sports called on young people to form a “human chain” around the country’s power plants, following threats by President Donald Trump that the US will bomb Iran’s public infrastructure if it doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“I invite all youth, cultural and artistic figures, athletes, and champions to the national campaign “Iranian Youth’s Human Chain for a Bright Tomorrow,”” Alireza Rahimi wrote on X.
“Tomorrow, Tuesday at 14:00, beside power plants across the country, with every belief and taste, we will stand hand in hand to say: Attacking public infrastructure is a war crime.”
Over the weekend, Trump said Iran had until Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET to make a deal.
Some context: Iranian authorities have a record of violating international humanitarian law by recruiting child soldiers, particularly during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war in which tens of thousand of children were killed.
Late last month, the country’s revolutionary guards issued a call for citizen “volunteers” as young as 12 to help support the war effort, including participating in patrols, according to human rights group Amnesty International.
IRGC says "delusional" Trump threats are "baseless"
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said US President Donald Trump’s threats to blow up the country are “baseless” and vowed to continue fighting.
Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said “the rude rhetoric, arrogance and baseless threats of the delusional US president, arising from the deadlock he faces and aimed at justifying the repeated defeats of the US military” will not stop Iran from fighting.
“If attacks on non-civilian targets are repeated, our retaliatory response will be carried out far more forcefully and on a much wider scale,” he said in a statement carried by state media on Tuesday.
Trump has repeatedly warned that the US could strike power plants, bridges and other infrastructure in Iran if Tehran fails to make a deal or reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil thoroughfare.
In a press conference on Monday, he said that Iran could be “taken out” in one night and said that “might” happen Tuesday evening. He had previously said Iran had until Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET to make a deal.
Rescuers comb through rubble after attack on a residential area in Tehran: Iranian Red Crescent
A video posted by the Iranian Red Crescent shows rescue workers in a residential area in Tehran which the organization says was targeted by an airstrike early Tuesday. Rescuers were searching through rubble of collapsed and damaged buildings. The Red Crescent did not disclose the exact location of the strike.
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces said it conducted a wave of air strikes targeting Tehran and other parts of Iran.
Assassination of top commanders will not deter Iran's fighters, Supreme Leader says
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said Iran’s forces are not be deterred by the assassinations of commanders, following the killing of the revolutionary guards’ top spy, Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, early Monday.
Khademi “spent decades in quiet and devoted service in the fields of security, intelligence and defense,” Khamenei said on Monday.
Khamenei’s comments came in a written statement. He has not been seen in public since he succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated at the start of the war.
Israel has targeted dozens of senior political and military officials in Iran since the conflict began at the end of February.
Khademi’s assassination was confirmed by both Tehran and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who said he was “directly responsible” for the deaths of Israeli civilians “and one of the three most senior figures” in the revolutionary guards (IRGC)
Also on Monday, Israel’s military said its air force had “eliminated” Asghar Bagheri, Commander of the IRGC Quds Force’s Special Operations Unit since 2019. Tehran has not commented on the claim.
Iranian official says "shut up" isn’t the right response to Trump
Saeed Jalili, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, says dismissing US President Donald Trump is not the best approach, arguing instead that Trump’s remarks reveal the nature of the United States.
“‘Shut up’ is not the appropriate response to Trump’s ramblings; let him speak more,” Jalili wrote in a post on X.
“Nothing is more effective in laying bare the true nature of the United States than Trump’s outbursts,” he added.
Trump said in a press conference Monday that Iran could be “taken out” in one night, which “might” be Tuesday evening.
Iran urges Americans to hold US government accountable for "crimes"
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei urged Americans on Monday to hold their government responsible for what he described as an “aggressive war” against Iran.
“The American people must know that what their government is doing against Iran in West Asia is a great injustice and an unfair, aggressive war,” Baghaei told the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA).
“The American people must hold their government accountable for the actions and crimes carried out in their name,” Baghaei added, according to ISNA.
Four Iranian army officers killed during US rescue mission, Tehran says
Iran says four Iranian army officers were killed during the US rescue operation south of Isfahan on Sunday.
The Iranian army’s public relations office said in a statement Monday that the four officers were killed early Sunday during an attack by “several (US) offensive aircraft” in Isfahan province.
The army said the officers engaged in “direct combat” with “enemy fighter jets, helicopters, armed drones and support aircraft.”
The statement also said a shoulder-fired missile struck a US aircraft, after which the unit was targeted by other aircraft, resulting in the deaths of the four officers.
Iran’s army identified the slain officers along with their military ranks: a brigadier general, a colonel, a lieutenant colonel and a 1st lieutenant.
Israel approves updated list of energy and infrastructure targets in Iran as contingency plan
Israel has approved an updated target list of energy and infrastructure sites in Iran in preparation for a contingency scenario in which US diplomatic talks fail, two Israeli sources told CNN.
Israel is highly skeptical a deal is achievable, the other Israeli source said. He added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has conveyed his concerns about possible ceasefire agreements in recent discussions with US President Donald Trump, stressing that Israel believes any ceasefire must require Iran to hand over all of its enriched uranium and commit to a complete halt of its enrichment activities.
Netanyahu and Trump talked on the phone Sunday evening following the rescue of the two American pilots shot down over Iran. The Israeli source who was briefed on the conversation said the two leaders discussed diplomatic prospects as well as further military coordination between Israel and the US in Iran.
Iran says alleged US-Israeli strike hit Iran’s nuclear fuel cycle
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization has condemned an alleged US-Israeli strike on a yellowcake production facility in central Iran, calling it a violation of protections for peaceful nuclear sites.
The plant, also known as the Shahid Rezayee Nejad facility, is a critical component of Iran’s nuclear fuel cycle and is located in Ardakan, Yazd Province.
The organization said Monday in a post on X that the strike was “a clear violation of the immunity of peaceful nuclear facilities” and a direct attack on Iran’s “reactor fuel supply chain,” as well as the development of nuclear medicine.
“Iran’s nuclear technology is in the service of peace and the health of humanity,” the statement said, adding that the country’s nuclear path “will never be stopped by dropping heavy bombs.”
The organization did not say when the strike happened or whether it damaged the facility, which processes uranium ore.
CNN has reached out to the US and Israel for comment.
Iran in late March also reported that US-Israeli strikes hit the same yellowcake facility. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed damage to the plant but found no increase in radiation levels outside the facility.
Hundreds of children and women killed in US-Israeli strikes, Iran claims
Iran’s Ministry of Health claimed Monday that hundreds of women and children have been killed in US-Israeli strikes across the country since the war started.
The ministry said 220 children under the age of 18 were killed and 1,959 others were injured. It said 18 of the dead were under 5 years old and that 70 of those injured were under the age of 2.
At least 254 women were killed and 4,830 were injured, the ministry added.
The Health Ministry also reported broader impacts on Iran’s medical system, including “481 people hospitalized, 28,918 treated as outpatients and discharged, 1,220 surgeries performed, 41 ambulances damaged and 25 health care providers killed and 118 injured.”
The ministry did not provide details on how the casualties occurred or where the incidents took place. The figures could not be independently verified by CNN.
Key takeaways from Trump’s news conference on the Iran war
President Donald Trump said today at a White House news conference about the war that Iran could be “taken out in one night.”
Trump also said the US has a plan under which every bridge and power plant in Iran could be destroyed by midnight tomorrow.
Despite this, the president wouldn’t say whether the war is ramping up or winding down. Trump said that Iran is an “active, willing participant” in negotiations.
The president was joined by administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
If you’re just joining us, here are top headlines from the news conference:
- Trump recounted some of the harrowing ordeal faced by the service member the US military rescued from inside Iran. He and Hegseth invoked God while praising the successful missions that rescued two US airmen following the downing of a fighter jet in Iran last week.
- Trump said his administration is searching for the “leaker” behind initial reports that an Air Force officer was missing in Iran following the downing of his fighter jet. He also threatened jail time for the reporter who “did the story.”
- Locating and rescuing the service member hiding in Iran after his jet was downed was a “daunting challenge,” Ratcliffe said.
- Caine said that the US operation to rescue the downed American airman was successful because of the crew member’s “absolute commitment to surviving.”
- Trump said not all his military advisers supported an operation to rescue the crew of a downed F-15E fighter jet in Iran.
- Reopening the Strait of Hormuz must be part of a proposal to end the war with Iran, Trump said. The president later added that the US — rather than Iran — should impose a toll on ships passing through the critical waterway.
- Trump repeatedly railed against US allies who he claims “didn’t help us” with the war in Iran, calling them out by name. He also suggested that the US’ widening rift with NATO began when he first suggested taking over Greenland.
- Trump offered some insight into how he thinks about controlling oil in both Iran and Venezuela, as he’s said he would like to seize Iranian oil.
CNN’s Samantha Waldenberg, Kevin Liptak, Adam Cancryn, Elise Hammond, Aditi Sangal and Morgan Leason contributed to this report.
Senior Iranian security source claims Trump has “lost control” of war management
A senior Iranian security source, responding to remarks Monday by US President Donald Trump, said Iran has dealt Trump a strategic defeat and that his escalating rhetoric toward Iranians reflects a loss of control over the conflict.
“Trump’s military failure, in coordination with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu in southern Isfahan, was a strategic failure, and the increase in his insults and offensive language toward the Iranian people shows that he has lost control over managing the war,” the source said.
Without providing details of a letter that Iran said it delivered via Pakistan, the source said Tehran has made its position “clear” that the Strait of Hormuz “will not return to its previous condition unless the war is permanently stopped.”
The official added that even after a complete halt to attacks on Iran, the strait would be reopened only under a protocol tied to how fully the other side meets its commitments.
“Iran has no trust in Trump or his representatives and has raised additional guarantees,” according to the source.
“Iran wants the war to end — but not in the way or on the timeline that Trump is seeking,” the source added.
Iran warns that US AI center in Abu Dhabi is "within range of Iranian missiles"
Iran threatened to strike an artificial intelligence center in the United Arab Emirates after an airstrike targeted Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology on Monday morning, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.
The strike damaged the university’s computing center and GPU facility, which provides infrastructure to the country’s AI capabilities, according to Tasnim, which is affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The outlet highlighted that the US’s “Stargate” AI center in Abu Dhabi, which is being developed with OpenAI, Oracle and Nvidia, is “within range of Iranian missiles.”
“Iran has identified this as a strategic target and considers itself entitled to respond reciprocally under its legal rights,” the news agency said.
The threat follows a warning from Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters in Tehran, who cautioned that the “gates of hell will be opened upon you” if Iran’s infrastructure continues to face attacks.
Trump calls out countries who he says "didn't help" with war
President Donald Trump repeatedly railed against US allies who he claims “didn’t help us” with the war in Iran, calling them out by name.
Trump added of US assistance to the nations: “We’ve got 50,000 soldiers in Japan to protect them from North Korea; we have 45,000 soldiers in South Korea to protect us from Kim Jong Un.”
Trump then commended some Persian Gulf nations, admitting that their involvement is related to their proximity to the conflict: “Saudi Arabia has been excellent, Qatar has been excellent, UAE has been excellent, Bahrain, Kuwait.”
Trump dismisses question on his mental well-being after expletive-laden social media post
President Donald Trump today dismissed critics who have suggested the president should have his mental health examined following his profanity-laced social media post on Easter Sunday threatening to demolish Iran’s power plants and infrastructure.
Asked about the criticism of his social media post, in which he called the Iranians “crazy bastards,” Trump told the reporter mid-question, “I don’t care about critics.” Pressed that some are calling for an evaluation of his mental health, Trump shrugged off the question.
“I haven’t heard that,” the president said in a press conference, before suggesting that there should be “more people” like him.
“But if that’s the case, you’re gonna have to have more people like me, because our country was being ripped off on trade or everything for many years until I came along,” Trump told reporters. “So if that’s the case, you’re gonna have to have more people.”
Qatar condemns Iranian strikes, urges diplomatic solution
Qatar has condemned Iran’s continued targeting of the emirate and other states in the region and urged a diplomatic solution to end the war in Middle East.
This came during a phone between Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to a Qatari Foreign Ministry statement on Monday.
Al Thani expressed to Araghchi “Qatar’s condemnation of the ongoing Iranian targeting of Qatar and the countries of the region.”
He affirmed that “this escalation toward countries that have distanced themselves from the war constitutes a reckless endangerment of the region’s security and a disregard for its stability.”
Al Thani also denounced attacks on civilian infrastructure and national assets by all parties to the conflict as “unacceptable and condemnable” under any circumstances. He urged them to respect international law and spare civilians from the consequences of the fighting.
“A comprehensive and lasting diplomatic solution remains the sole option for resolving the crisis, thereby ensuring security and stability and sparing the region from further tension and escalation,” Al Thani added in the statement.
Israel orders dozens of Lebanese villages to flee north
Israel is ordering the residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to leave their homes “immediately” and flee north of the Zahrani River.
“Hezbollah activities are forcing the (IDF) to take strong action against them in those areas,” IDF Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote in a post on X, adding that the Israeli military “does not intend to harm” villagers.
The order comes as Israeli politicians have floated increasingly far-reaching plans to destroy Lebanese villages along the border with Israel and expel their inhabitants. An Israeli military official told CNN last week that the IDF is considering a plan to destroy civilian infrastructure within 2 to 3 kilometers of the Israeli border to create a buffer between Lebanon and northern Israel.
Lawmakers from Israel’s far-right decried those plans as insufficient over the weekend, demanding that the military consider the wholesale expulsion of Lebanese civilians south of the Litani River and create a “new security border.”
The order issued Monday appears to go further. All of the villages listed are north of the Litani.
Nonetheless, the lawmakers’ demands were nearly identical to plans outlined by Defense Minister Israel Katz last month. Katz said that the Israeli military intends to destroy Lebanese villages and “maintain security control over the Litani area,” barring the 600,000 Lebanese who fled north from returning to their homes “until the safety and security of northern Israeli residents is ensured.”
The destruction will be “in accordance with the Rafah and Khan Younis model in Gaza, in order to remove the threat to Israeli communities,” Katz said, referring to two Palestinian cities that Israel bombed heavily during the war in Gaza.
Asked whether the order on Monday is related to Katz’s comments, the IDF declined to comment.
Trump: Plan is ready to destroy every Iranian bridge and power plant by midnight tomorrow
President Donald Trump said the US has a plan under which every bridge and power plant in Iran could be destroyed by midnight tomorrow.
Remember: Trump over the weekend appeared to set a new deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time,” he wrote, after issuing a profane message renewing threats to bomb key Iranian infrastructure, including power plants, if Tehran does not comply.
Targeting critical civilian infrastructure could be considered a war crime. Trump has declared and then modified deadlines for the opening of the strait multiple times.
Trump on his desire for US obtaining Iranian oil: "To the winner belong the spoils"
President Donald Trump offered some insight into how he thinks about controlling oil in both Iran and Venezuela, as he’s said he would like to seize Iran oil: “To the winner belong the spoils.”
“If I had my choice, yeah, because I’m a businessman first,” Trump told reporters at a press conference on the US-Iran war this afternoon, when asked to clarify his comments from earlier in the day regarding his views about seizing Iranian oil — which he acknowledged could be politically risky.
“With Venezuela, as you know, the war was over in about 45 minutes,” Trump said, referring to the US operation in January to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “And we have great people running Venezuela, very good people. I mean, the relationship is good, and we are a partner with Venezuela, and we’ve taken hundreds of millions of barrels, hundreds of millions.”
Venezuela’s interim leadership has indicated a willingness to sell oil to the United States and partner with the US more closely.
Although Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to reprise that situation in similarly oil-rich Iran, he said earlier today that he doesn’t know whether Americans support such a move.
