Iranian leader mocks USA as THOUSANDS rally against blockade

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Fox News' Bryan Llenas reports the latest on what's next with the Iran conflict as the U.S. military reportedly prepares possible strike options.

"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day ... " - Trump

Oil prices pushed higher Sunday after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iranian energy facilities if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened Monday.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 0.7% to $110 USA Dollars. US crude rose 1.3% to $113.

In Canada, Toronto on April 6, 2026 has average price of 185.9 CAD cent(s)/litre at local gas stations.

Toronto: Canada: Past Months:

Month High Low

March, 2026 178.9 cent(s)/litre 135.9 cent(s)/litre

February, 2026 134.9 cent(s)/litre 128.9 cent(s)/litre

January, 2026 130.9 cent(s)/litre 122.9 cent(s)/litre

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!” Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday morning (at about 8:00am).

Trump had issued a similar two-day ultimatum to Iran on March 21, only to extend the deadline to April 6.

The threat is a stark contrast to Trump’s claims last week that the USA did not need the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump doesn't have many options on Iran: NIAC chairman

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President of the National Iranian American Council, Jamal Abdi, weighs in on the latest developments in the war with Iran.

Trump U-turn on Hormuz could be due to 'pressure' from Gulf nations

FRANCE 24 English has the story.

President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. He had previously given a 48-deadline to Tehran, which would lead to strikes on Iranian power plants were the Strait not to reopen. The backtracking could have been encouraged by Gulf States, who have been targeted by vigorous strikes by Iran; FRANCE 24's Philip Turle tells us more.

Iran war: Tehran fails in missile strike on the US-UK base at Diego Garcia

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Tehran has fired two long range missiles at the remote US UK base on Diego Garcia — one intercepted, the other failing mid flight. The attempted strike, condemned by the UK as "reckless," shows Iran is willing to hit far beyond the Gulf as the conflict widens. The missiles traveled farther than previously believed possible, raising new questions about the true range of Tehran's weapons.

With Diego Garcia lying nearly twice as far as Iran's assumed maximum missile range, DW spoke with experts Farzan Sabet and Hans‑Jakob Schindler to assess the real capabilities of Iran's missile program — and to examine how seriously governments and the public should take Tehran's warning that Israelis and Americans are now "unsafe worldwide."

Sirens blare in Tel Aviv as Iran retaliates

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Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports an 'incredibly powerful explosion' as Iran continues its ballistic fire against Israel, saying an Israeli official confirmed 40 top Iranian leaders were also killed.

Why closing the Strait of Hormuz could have devastating effects on global oil shipping

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards say the escalation in fighting in the region means the Strait of Hormuz is no longer safe and is essentially closed to traffic, according to media reports.

In a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency, the Guards said ships had been warned to stay away "due to the insecure atmosphere around the strait because of the military aggression by the US and Israel and the responses of Iran." "With the cessation of passage of ships and tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the strait has been basically closed," the statement added. 

DW speaks to military analyst Marina Miron, King's College London, about the implications of closing the Strait of Hormuz.

‘HEAVY EXPLOSIONS’ rock Tel Aviv as Iran missile barrage ramps up

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Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports live from Tel Aviv on heavy explosions and missile interceptions over the city.

Fiery explosion at Dubai hotel after Iranian missile strike

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Fox News senior foreign policy correspondent Gillian Turner reports on the explosion at a Dubai hotel amid Iran’s retaliation after joint U.S.-Israel strikes on ‘America’s Newsroom.’

How are Gulf and Western leaders responding to US-Israeli attacks on Iran?

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Blasts have been reported across the Persian Gulf as Iran launches retaliatory strikes. Waves of missiles and drones have targeted Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait. Iran says it is targeting American bases in the region.

Chapter Breakdown

0:00 DW Journalist Emily Gordine on Iran's retaliatory strikes in Dubai

4:53 DW Chief Political Editor Richard Walker on how Trump's call for Iranians to "overthrow" their government is reminiscent of the neoconservatism he was opposed to in his first presidential campaign

11:47 Bente Scheller, Head of Middle East and North Africa Division Heinrich Böll Foundation, on how the close the region is to a broader conflict

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in an Israeli airstrike

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Senior Israeli officials confirm to Fox News chief foreign policy correspondent Trey Yingst that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his compound.

Iranian leader says NO country can deprive it of its 'nuclear enrichment rights'

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Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest on the U.S. military assets sent to the Middle East as President Donald Trump weighs striking Iran on 'America Reports.'

Khamenei warns US will pay "heavy price" if it attacks Iran again

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday his country had delivered a “slap to America’s face” with its strike on an American base in Qatar, and warned against any further U.S. attacks in his first public comments since a ceasefire was declared with Israel after 12 days of war.

He also downplayed Sunday’s U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites using bunker-buster bombs and cruise missiles, saying that U.S. President Donald Trump — who said the attack “completely and fully obliterated Iran’s nuclear program — had “exaggerated” its impact.

Reggie Cecchini has more.

Trump responds to Iran's claim of victory, says US would bomb again if threat resurfaces

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In a press conference on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump he would respond to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's statement from Thursday that Iran had "won the war" and the U.S. involvement amounted to "nothing."

 

Trump said Khamenei "got beat to hell," but added that Israel was "beat up too."

 

He described the Israel-Iran conflict as "quick," "settled," and said "it was a great time to end it."  

 

Responding to a question about future military action, Trump said he would "absolutely" consider bombing Iran nuclear facilities again if intelligence showed uranium enrichment was reaching concerning levels.

Israel continues strikes on Iran, including key nuclear site

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Israel's military says it is "still striking" different parts of Iran, with more than 150 targets hit in the past 24 hours.

 

In Tehran, missiles and air defence systems were among the targets, she adds, while a nuclear site in Isfahan was also hit. 

 

Iranian state media reports 60 people were killed in one strike in Tehran, 20 of whom were children.

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will strike "every site and every target of the ayatollah regime" in Iran.

 

At least two people have been killed in Israel after an Iranian missile, as part of retaliatory strikes, destroyed several homes in Rishon LeZion outside Tel Aviv.

Death toll rises as Iran launches attacks on Israel

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Iran and Israel are exchanging missiles targeted at major cities in both countries.

US getting closer to a nuclear deal with Iran, Trump says

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President Donald Trump confirmed that Iran has the U.S. proposal for a nuclear deal but gave few details following his four-day Middle East tour.

Iran bans import of UK and US Covid-19 vaccines, saying they're 'completely untrustworthy'

Iran: Covid-19 Coronavirus death toll is 61,230

Iran bans import of UK and US Covid-19 vaccines, saying they're 'completely untrustworthy'

FRANCE 24 English shows that foreign companies will not be allowed to test Covid-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, one day after the country’s supreme leader banned the import of UK- and US-produced jabs and said they were "completely untrustworthy."

Iran recently received the first consignment of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm.

The cargo of 250,000 doses of the vaccine, donated by China, was handed over to the Health Ministry, officials said.

Iran seems to be on the verge of a 4th wave of the pandemic with a spike in new cases in recent weeks in some provinces.

Earlier in February, Iran had imported the Sputnik-V vaccine from Russia, which was administered to healthcare workers and other high-risk groups in the first phase of the rollout.

Iran also has plans to import some 17 million doses of vaccine from the WHO's COVAX channel beside countries like India and South Korea, in addition to co-producing a vaccine with Cuba.

Iran is also preparing to produce a homegrown vaccine. Two vaccines manufactured by domestic knowledge-based firms have already passed the human trial phase, expected to be ready by summer.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Iran is part of the global worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 19 February 2020, Iran reported its first confirmed cases of infections in Qom. The virus may have been brought to the country by a merchant from Qom who had travelled to China.

In response to the Covid-19 coronavirus the government cancelled public events and Friday prayers; closed schools, universities, shopping centers, bazaars, and holy shrines; and banned festival celebrations.

Economic measures were also announced to help families and businesses.

The Iranian economy entered a third consecutive year of recession following the triple-shock of sanctions, oil market collapse and COVID-19. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 6.8 percent in the Iranian calendar year 2019/2020 as a result of expiration of US sanctions waivers on Iran's oil exports.

Iran Standard Time (IRST) or Iran Time (IT) is the time zone used in Iran. Iran uses a UTC offset UTC+03:30. IRST is defined by the 52.5 degrees east meridian, the same meridian which defines the Iranian calendar and is the official meridian of Iran.

Between 2005 and 2008, by decree of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran did not observe daylight saving time (called Iran Daylight Time or IRDT). It was reintroduced from 21 March 2008.

The modern flag of Iran is a tri-colored green, white, red. Green represents several factors of the country. It symbolizes the Persian culture, its language, nature, growth, and vitality. White represents freedom and peace. Red symbolizes the blood of the martyr, vitality, and sophistication.

Iran 2020 population is estimated at 83,992,949 people at mid year according to UN data. Iran population is equivalent to 1.08% of the total world population.

Does Iran really have nuclear weapons? Iran maintains that it has never sought nuclear weapons and never would. It says its nuclear work only has civilian aims. Tehran began breaching the deal's curbs last year in a step-by-step response to President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the deal in May 2018 and the reimposition of USA sanctions.

The following information is according to the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Total Global Deaths from Covid-19: 2,653,182

Countries with most Global Cases of Covid-19:

29,436,516 USA

11,483,370 Brazil

11,359,048 India

4,341,381 Russia

4,271,710 United Kingdom

4,131,874 France

3,223,142 Italy

3,183,704 Spain

2,879,390 Turkey

2,578,842 Germany

2,303,144 Colombia

2,195,722 Argentina

2,163,875 Mexico

1,906,632 Poland

1,746,953 Iran

1,529,420 South Africa

1,509,983 Ukraine

1,419,455 Indonesia

1,407,963 Peru

1,399,078 Czechia

1,172,916 Netherlands

914,595 Canada

891,110 Chile

859,709 Romania

818,977 Israel

814,257 Portugal

805,321 Belgium

758,184 Iraq

712,527 Sweden

621,498 Philippines

605,200 Pakistan

570,645 Switzerland

557,395 Bangladesh

516,490 Hungary

516,277 Serbia

493,568 Austria

488,937 Morocco

477,053 Jordan

447,284 Japan

426,397 United Arab Emirates

418,448 Lebanon

382,407 Saudi Arabia

347,641 Panama

337,503 Slovakia

323,763 Malaysia

302,323 Belarus

302,221 Ecuador

278,557 Bulgaria

275,231 Nepal

274,989 Georgia

273,521 Kazakhstan

259,004 Bolivia

251,045 Croatia

246,045 Dominican Republic

241,834 Tunisia

240,295 Azerbaijan

226,741 Ireland

221,151 Denmark

221,147 Greece

209,523 Kuwait

209,304 West Bank and Gaza

209,093 Costa Rica

205,385 Lithuania

204,463 Moldova

200,374 Slovenia

190,924 Egypt

182,679 Guatemala

180,014 Paraguay

178,385 Armenia

177,832 Honduras

175,467 Ethiopia

170,252 Qatar

160,657 Nigeria

146,867 Oman

145,379 Venezuela

144,993 Libya

142,160 Bosnia and Herzegovina

142,147 Burma

131,001 Bahrain

117,474 Albania

115,265 Algeria

113,236 Kenya

112,646 North Macedonia

101,373 China

95,635 Korea, South

93,781 Latvia

87,907 Sri Lanka

87,762 Ghana

86,850 Kyrgyzstan

84,807 Estonia

84,797 Zambia

83,693 Montenegro

80,567 Uzbekistan

80,440 Norway

76,070 Kosovo

71,691 Uruguay

66,869 Finland

64,516 Mozambique

62,086 El Salvador

61,472 Cuba

60,105 Singapore

57,503 Luxembourg

55,985 Afghanistan

41,200 Namibia

40,622 Cameroon

40,581 Uganda

39,651 Cyprus

37,653 Cote d'Ivoire

36,892 Senegal

36,484 Zimbabwe

34,098 Botswana

32,789 Malawi

30,873 Sudan

30,499 Jamaica

29,123 Australia

27,014 Congo (Kinshasa)

26,927 Thailand

26,535 Malta

21,572 Maldives

21,380 Angola

21,356 Madagascar

20,186 Rwanda

17,742 Guinea

17,438 Mauritania

17,237 Eswatini

16,660 Gabon

16,478 Syria

16,101 Cabo Verde

13,308 Tajikistan

12,632 Haiti

12,372 Burkina Faso

12,370 Belize

11,266 Andorra

10,530 Lesotho

9,429 South Sudan

9,329 Congo (Brazzaville)

9,190 Somalia

9,160 Guyana

9,024 Suriname

8,913 Mali

8,658 Bahamas

8,070 Togo

7,783 Trinidad and Tobago

6,562 Equatorial Guinea

6,537 Nicaragua

6,501 Benin

6,268 Djibouti

6,072 Iceland

5,023 Central African Republic

4,985 Gambia

4,860 Niger

4,309 Chad

4,126 San Marino

4,031 Saint Lucia

3,961 Mongolia

3,937 Sierra Leone

3,635 Comoros

3,447 Guinea-Bissau

3,421 Barbados

3,315 Seychelles

3,038 Eritrea

2,836 Yemen

2,612 Liechtenstein

2,554 Vietnam

2,461 Burundi

2,423 New Zealand

2,107 Monaco

2,078 Sao Tome and Principe

2,030 Liberia

1,819 Papua New Guinea

1,680 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1,305 Cambodia

Iran reports highest one-day COVID-19 deaths since outbreak

Unfortunately, Iran has reported highest one-day COVID-19 deaths since outbreak began. Iran has recorded its highest single-day jump in Coronavirus Covid-19 deaths to date. 200 people have died. The health minister has blamed the rise on Iranians not following important restrictions.

Iran has reported a total of more than 13,000 Coronavirus COVID-19 deaths, with more than 262,000 cases. Just last week, Iran started to reimpose some important restrictions after a surge in new cases.

It's important to stay 6 feet apart and wear a mask (as much as you can) everywhere you go. It's certainly a good idea to stay home as much as you can.

The following information is according to the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Total Global Confirmed Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases: 13,203,571

Coronavirus Covid-19 Total Global Deaths: 575,201

Countries with most deaths:

136,252 USA
072,833 Brazil
045,053 United Kingdom
035,491 Mexico
034,984 Italy
030,032 France
028,409 Spain
023,727 India
013,211 Iran
012,054 Peru
011,597 Russia
009,787 Belgium
009,078 Germany
008,843 Canada
007,069 Chile
006,154 Netherlands
005,787 Colombia

Iran navy 'friendly fire' incident kills 19 sailors

Unfortunately, nineteen sailors have died and 15 others wounded after one Iranian navy warship accidentally struck another with a missile during one of the exercises.

The accident involved Iranian naval vessels in the Gulf of Oman, Iran's navy has said.

Iranian media reported that the support ship Konarak was hit by a new powerful anti-ship missile being tested by the frigate Jamaran during an exercise on Sunday.

The Konarak was putting targets out in the water and remained too close to one, according to the reports.

The incident happened near the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important waterway. About a fifth of the world's oil passes through there.

Read more details here: Iran navy 'friendly fire' incident kills 19 sailors in Gulf of Oman - bbc.com