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Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization

Apr 8, 2026Center

President Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization and bomb its power plants by Tuesday night. Online, he said he agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks.

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Trump news at a glance: president steps back from threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ after ceasefire deal reached

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Trump news at a glance: president steps back from threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ after ceasefire deal reached

Trump announces two-week conditional ceasefire after last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan – key US politics stories from Tuesday 7 April at a glanceIt appears Iran’s whole civilization will not die tonight.With less than two hours before his self-imposed deadline for Iran to surrender or face annihilation, Donald Trump announced that the US…

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Trump Agrees to Ceasefire With Iran, Backs Off Threat of Sweeping Strikes

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Apr 7, 2026

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Trump Agrees to Ceasefire With Iran, Backs Off Threat of Sweeping Strikes

Trump pauses planned strikes after accepting a two-week ceasefire proposal with Iran tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

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With Threat to Wipe Out Iran’s Civilization, Trump’s Rhetoric Goes Beyond Bluster

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With Threat to Wipe Out Iran’s Civilization, Trump’s Rhetoric Goes Beyond Bluster

President Trump threatened the kind of destruction that would be deemed a war crime under international law.

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Trump Hails Two-Week Ceasefire, Backing Off Threat to Level Iran

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Apr 8, 2026

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Trump Hails Two-Week Ceasefire, Backing Off Threat to Level Iran

The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that’s expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

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Congressional Democrats condemn Trump's threat to wipe out Iran

Top-ranking Senate Democrats condemned President Trump on Tuesday for threatening to wipe out a "whole civilization" in Iran, calling it a betrayal of American values and a threat to commit war crimes.

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Trump’s Iran rhetoric on wiping out civilization faces deep backlash

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Trump’s Iran rhetoric on wiping out civilization faces deep backlash

President Trump’s extraordinary rhetoric threatening Iran’s civilization faced a severe backlash Tuesday amid conflicting signals over whether he was poised to make a deal with Tehran or intensify the U.S. bombing campaign. Trump warned early Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless “something revolutionarily wonderful” occurs. Tuesday…

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What could Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ entail?

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What could Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ entail?

President Donald Trump has given Iranian leaders until 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday to make a deal to stop or pause the war or else “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” The ominous threat from the president, roughly 12 hours before his latest deadline, is his most recent warning…

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