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Smoke rises after strikes on the Mahshahr Petrochemical Zone in Bandar Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran, in this handout picture released on April 4, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel on Saturday (April 4, 2026) stepped up pressure on Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its energy infrastructure, while Iranian and U.S. forces searched for a missing U.S. crew member from one of two downed warplanes. In an apparent move to heap further pressure on Tehran following Trump’s latest ultimatum, a senior Israeli defence official said Israel was preparing to attack Iranian energy facilities, and was awaiting approval from the U.S. The timeframe for such attacks would be within the next week, the official said.
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Iran warned the U.S. and Israel that the “entire region will become a hell for you” if attacks escalated, according to Iranian media reports. After a fourth attack near the Bushehr power plant on Saturday, Iran Foreign Minister warned in a letter to the United Nations of an “intolerable situation that poses a serious risk of radiological release,” Iran’s state media reported.
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An Iranian official said five people were killed after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Saturday (April 4) targeted a petrochemical hub in the southwest, according to ISNA news agency.
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