Iran-US war latest: Trump intensifies threats to strike bridges and power plants if Tuesday deal not reached with Tehran

The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Bahrain’s draft resolution to protect commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has effectively closed the Middle Eastern waterway that carries about a fifth of the world’s oil as the US and Israel continue strikes against the country.

A version of the resolution that Reuters obtained and reported on early Tuesday morning, “strongly encourages States interested in the use of commercial maritime routes in the Strait of Hormuz to coordinate efforts, ​defensive in nature, commensurate to the circumstances, to contribute to ensuring the safety and security of navigation across the Strait of Hormuz”.

Securing the strait would include escorting commercial ships through the waterway, according to the proposal.

US special forces carried out a daring rescue mission to bring back an airman stranded 200 miles behind enemy lines after Iran shot down a $31m fighter jet on Friday.

Donald Trump said on Sunday that dozens of military aircraft had raced to rescue the missing weapons-system officer of a two-seat F-15E after the pilot ejected and was rescued under fire.

The president said that the injured second airman was stuck “in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour”.

People on Polymarket, which describes itself as the world’s largest prediction market, have bet there’s a 100 per cent chance US forces enter Iran by the end of the month.

The US military campaign against Iran is in its sixth week with no end in sight. There have already been thousands of US troops deployed to the region.

US President Donald Trump has ramped up his threats against the Middle Eastern country, saying that Iran “can be taken out in one night” if they don’t reach a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil waterway, by Tuesday night, Washington time.

Two people have been killed in Iraq’s Irbil province after a home was struck by a drone, the Associated Press reported.

Authorities said Iran was behind the attack, per the AP.

US Central Command has said it has struck more than 13,000 targets since the Iran war began more than five weeks ago.

More than 155 Iranian vessels have been damaged or destroyed in the military campaign dubbed “Operation Epic Fury”.

The US has been attacking Iranian command and control centers, ballistic missile sites and weapons production and storage bunkers, to name a few targets.

The US defence secretary, who has frequently infused his leadership of the Pentagon with references to Christianity and the language of his faith, said the airman who evaded capture for more than a day was shot down on Good Friday, “hidden in a cave” on Saturday, and on Easter Sunday, “a pilot reborn, all home and accounted for.”

Pete Hegseth said that when the airman was finally able to activate an emergency transponder, his first transmitted message was: “God is good.”

HRANA recorded at least 573 attacks in 20 Iranian provinces in the last 24 hours as of Monday night.

Along with the nearly 50 civilians who are now dead, another 58 were wounded, according to HRANA, which said the latest wave of strikes from the U.S. and Israel marks the highest rate of attacks in the past ten days.

The president described the consequences that Iran would face if it didn’t reach a deal with the US by Trump’s 8pm Tuesday deadline.

“We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night,” Trump said during his Monday news conference.

Power plants in Iran, he continued, would be “burning, exploding and never to be used again.”