‘Remember when I gave Iran 10 days’ for a deal or to open the Hormuz Strait, the president wrote on Saturday, adding: ‘Time is running out’
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 11:08pm, 4 Apr 2026US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran had 48 hours left to make a deal on opening the vital Strait of Hormuz or face “Hell”.
“Remember when I gave Iran 10 days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“Time is running out – 48 hours before all Hell will reign (sic) down on them,” the president said Saturday, adding: “Glory be to GOD!”
Trump had initially threatened on March 21 to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants, beginning with the country’s biggest, “if Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS”.
WATCH: Donald Trump addresses nationTwo days later, however, he said “very good and productive conversations” were being held with Iranian authorities, and that he had postponed any strikes on power plants for five days.
