TRUMP TIẾP TỤC ĐE DỌA  IRAN 48 GIỜ - MỸ SANG NGÀY 6-4-26 - NẾU IRAN KHÔNG MỞ CỬA HORMUZ SẼ XUỐNG ĐÁY ĐỊA NGỤC GẶP LẠI KHAMENEI./-Mt68

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President Trump Delivers Address To Nation© Alex Brandon / AP Photo / Bloomberg via Getty Images

President Trump warned Iran that the nation has 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating consequences.

"Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Time is running out – 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD!" 

The president's comments on Saturday come days after telling the American people in a prime-time address that "we've beat and completely decimated Iran."

"They are decimated both militarily and economically and in every other way," Mr. Trump said, adding: "Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force."

Iran's central military command later rejected Mr. Trump's threat, Agence France-Presse reports. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, in a statement from the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Mr. Trump's threat was "a helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action," according to AFP. 

And, echoing the religious language of Mr. Trump's social media post, Aliabadi warned that "the simple meaning of this message is that the gates of hell will open for you."

The war, which began with joint U.S.- Israel strikes on Feb. 28, has killed thousands, shaken global markets, cut off key shipping routes and spiked fuel prices. A total of 365 American service members have been injured as part of U.S. operations against Iran, according to newly released Pentagon figures./-