Trump has repeatedly delayed deadlines for Iran, but suggests TuesdayÔÇÖs is final

WASHINGTON (AP) : President Donald Trump has pushed back a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday, the latest of several deadline delays, and threatened that without a deal ÔÇ£Hell will reign down on them.ÔÇØ

TrumpÔÇÖs previous deadline was for March 23, but that shifted several times over the ensuing weeks as Trump oscillated between heated threats, announced deadline delays and proclamations that the negotiations were going well, sometimes in the same statement.

Iran rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, the countryÔÇÖs state-run IRNA news agency reported Monday.

Shortly after, Trump gave an ominous warning to Iran if it didnÔÇÖt capitulate, and suggested TuesdayÔÇÖs 8 p.m. deadline was final.

ÔÇ£TheyÔÇÖll have no bridges.

TheyÔÇÖll have no power plants.

TheyÔÇÖll have no anything,ÔÇØ he said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ant├│nio Guterres warned the U.S. that attacks on civilian infrastructure is banned under international law, according to his spokesperson.

Trump, speaking with reporters, said heÔÇÖs ÔÇ£not at allÔÇØ concerned about committing war crimes with such attacks.

Here are some of TrumpÔÇÖs deadlines and threats, and what happened next.

An ultimatum about reopening the Strait of Hormuz On March 21, Trump posted on Truth Social that if Iran doesnÔÇÖt ÔÇ£FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS.ÔÇØ

Iran had until the evening of March 23.

Then 12 hours before the deadline, Trump took to Truth Social to share the good news: that both countries had productive conversations toward concluding the conflict.

ÔÇ£I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD,ÔÇØ he wrote, adding that was subject to the success of the discussions.

That pushed the deadline out to the end of that week.

Trump doubled down on his threats on Truth Social: ÔÇ£They better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK, and it wonÔÇÖt be pretty!ÔÇØ

But later that day, he extended the deadline for another 10 days, to April 6 at 8 p.m., and said on Truth Social that negotiations were ÔÇ£going very well.ÔÇØ

On March 30, Trump put out a mixed statement: celebrating progress in the talks with Iran while also expanding his threatened bombing if a deal wasnÔÇÖt ÔÇ£shortly reached,ÔÇØ adding that ÔÇ£it probably will be.ÔÇØ