TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥� U.S. expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges Monday as his ultimatum to make a deal ticked closer, after rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to .
鈥淭he entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night,鈥� Trump said. He suggested that his Tuesday 8 p.m. EDT deadline was final, saying he’d already given Iran enough extensions.
The U.S. has told Iran to open the crucial to all shipping traffic or see power plants and bridges wiped out, sparking warnings about .
Israel piled on pressure by and killing the intelligence chief for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Tehran with its rejection conveyed its own, 10-point plant to end the fighting through Pakistan, a key mediator, Iran鈥檚 state-run IRNA news agency said.
鈥淲e only accept an end of the war with guarantees that we won鈥檛 be attacked again,鈥� Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, head of Iran鈥檚 diplomatic mission in Cairo, told The Associated Press. He said Iran no longer trusts the Trump administration after the twice during previous rounds of talks.
A regional official involved in talks said efforts had not collapsed. 鈥淲e are still talking to both sides,鈥� he said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss closed-door diplomacy.
And even Trump said negotiations with Iran continued.
Activists reported a new wave of strikes on Tehran early Tuesday. Israel claimed credit but offered no immediate details on what had been targeted.
Meanwhile, Japan said Tuesday a Japanese national who had been detained in Iran since January has been released on bail.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters in Tokyo that his release was confirmed Monday and that Japan is demanding a full release from Iranian authorities. He said the Japanese ambassador to Iran met the person released and that he was in good health without providing further details.
The person released is believed to be a journalist at Japan鈥檚 NHK public television. Another Japanese national, who was detained in Iran last June, in March.
Trump says Iranians 鈥榳illing to suffer鈥� for freedom
Trump has issued ultimatums to Iran before, only to find ways to back off. But he was more explicit this time on plans to follow through.
鈥淓very bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o鈥檆lock tomorrow night,鈥� he said, and all power plants will be 鈥渂urning, exploding and never to be used again.鈥�
Asked if he was concerned about accusations of war crimes, Trump responded, 鈥淣o, not at all.” He suggested that Iranians want the U.S. to carry out its threats because it could lead to the end of their current leadership.
are 鈥渨illing to suffer,” he said, “in order to have freedom.鈥� But there has been no sign of an uprising in Iran as residents shelter from bombardment.
International warnings piled up against expanded strikes. 鈥淎ny attack on civilian infrastructure is a violation of international law and a very clear one,鈥� United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric later told journalists.
Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators had sent Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff a proposal calling for the ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, two Mideast officials told the AP. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private negotiations.
Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait, through which a fifth of the world鈥檚 oil is shipped in peacetime. Iran鈥檚 grip on it has shaken the .
Tehran has refused to let U.S. and Israeli vessels through after they started the war on Feb. 28.
Iran’s new supreme leader makes rare statement
in the South Pars natural gas field, saying it was aimed at eliminating a major source of revenue for Iran. The field, the world鈥檚 largest, is shared with Qatar and is Iran鈥檚 biggest source of domestic energy for its 93 million people.
The strike appeared to be separate from Trump鈥檚 threats. An earlier Israeli attack there in March prompted Iran to target energy infrastructure in other Middle East countries, a major escalation.
Israel also killed the head of intelligence for Iran鈥檚 paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, according to Iranian state media. And Israel said it killed the leader of the Revolutionary Guard鈥檚 undercover unit in its expeditionary Quds Force, Asghar Bakeri.
鈥淲e will continue to hunt them down one by one,鈥� Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said of top Iranian officials.
New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who still has not been seen or heard in public, issued a rare statement expressing condolences over Khademi. Israeli strikes have killed dozens of top Iranian leaders, including Khamenei鈥檚 father.
Israel鈥檚 military also said it struck three Tehran airports overnight 鈥� Bahram, Mehrabad and Azmayesh 鈥� hitting dozens of helicopters and aircraft it said belonged to the Iranian Air Force.
A Tehran resident said 鈥渃onstantly there is the sound of bombs, air defenses, drones,鈥� speaking on condition of anonymity for her safety. Another detailed taking sleeping pills to get through nightly bombardments, and said people worry about power, gas and water cuts.
Airstrikes kill at least 29 across Iran
Smoke rose near Tehran鈥檚 Azadi Square after an airstrike hit the grounds of the Sharif University of Technology. Multiple countries have sanctioned the university for its work with the military, particularly on Iran鈥檚 ballistic missile program.
Authorities and Iranian state media reported at least 29 people killed across the country by strikes.
In Lebanon, where Israel has launched air attacks and a ground invasion that it says target the Iran-linked Hezbollah militia, an airstrike hit an apartment in Ain Saadeh, a predominately Christian town east of Beirut. It killed an official in the Lebanese Forces, a Christian political party strongly opposed to Hezbollah, his wife and another woman.
More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, but the government has not updated the toll for days.
More than 1,400 people in and more than 1 million people . Eleven Israeli soldiers have died there.
In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, more than two dozen people have died, while 23 have been reported dead in Israel and 13 U.S. have been killed.
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Weissert reported from Washington, Magdy from Cairo and Gambrell from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, Isabel DeBre in Ain Saadeh, Lebanon, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Amir-Hussein Radjy in Cairo and Josh Boak and Michelle L. Price in Washington contributed to this story.
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