Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after US forces pulled off a daring rescue of an injured airman whose fighter jet was shot down over the country on Friday.

The president said he would act on the threat if the country’s leaders don’t agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, ratcheting up pressure on Tehran.

President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian power plants within the next two days and taunted the country’s leaders in an expletive-laden social media post. Mr. Trump, seemingly emboldened by the successful U.

In a post on Truth Social, the president used expletives to refer to Iran's leadership, threatening strikes on Tuesday after a series of past threats and extended deadlines.

President Donald Trump handed down a profanity-laced deadline to Iran in a social media post on Sunday, signaling the U.S. will target the regime's power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an expletive-laden social media ​post on Sunday that the United States will target Iran's power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.

President Donald Trump did not equivocate in his first live address to Americans about the war in Iran. “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran,” he said in a prime-time speech from the White House on Wednesday.

In an expletive-laden social media post, President Trump threatens Iran's power plants and bridges if it fails to open the Strait of Hormuz.