00:00Iran showed no signs of backing down on Tuesday, even as a U.S. deadline loomed for it to reopen
00:06the Strait of Hormuz.
00:08On Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's midnight deadline approached, Tehran maintained their defiance, rejecting his calls to enter
00:17into a deal with Washington.
00:19In a late press conference in the White House, Trump vowed to destroy all of Iran's bridges and critical infrastructure
00:26in damage he said will take a century to rebuild.
00:30We have a plan because of the power of our military where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by
00:3912 o'clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never
00:49to be used again.
00:50I mean, complete demolition by 12 o'clock. And it'll happen over a period of four hours if we wanted
00:56to.
00:56Do I want to destroy their infrastructure? No. It will take them a hundred years to rebuild.
01:02Right now, if we left today, it would take them 20 years to rebuild their country and it would never
01:09be as good as it was.
01:11Still, Iranian retaliatory strikes are continuing to target Israel as emergency services scrambled on Tuesday to respond to attack sites
01:20in central cities.
01:22Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araqchi has repeatedly stressed that Tehran has no interest in halting hostilities until Washington complies with
01:30all of its demands.
01:33Araqchi was quoted saying that bridges can be rebuilt, but the opportunity to discipline America will not be repeated.
01:40Iran's attacks are also continuing to reach U.S. allies in the Gulf, with Kuwait and the UAE reporting additional
01:47incoming threats on Tuesday.
01:49Iran's attack
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