IRANIANS are forming human shields around power plants, as the clock ticks down on Trump’s deadline for the regime to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The US president has threatened to wipe out “a whole civilisation” if Tehran does not agree to his demands by 8pm tonight.
Posting on Truth Social Trump said: “A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.
“However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?
“We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end.”
Iran cut off direct communications with the US in response, though talks with cease-fire mediators continue.
Images show crowds forming human chains across bridges and around power plants after an Iranian official called on youngsters to “sacrifice their lives”.
The US has today launched an attack on the key Kharg Island, which processes 90 per cent of the rogue state’s crude.
Blasts reportedly ripped through the dock area, Revolutionary Guard Corps base and airport, causing several explosions and large smoke plumes.
Iran’s bloodthirsty IRGC responded with fury, saying “restraint is over”.
The US previously wiped out nearly 100 military targets on Kharg Island, with Trump renewing threats of a full-on ground invasion to seize the territory this weekend.
Three people have also been killed and two wounded in a strike against the Yahya Abad railway bridge in central Iran, according to state media.
The US is closing in with a deadline for the regime to meet all demands by 8pm Eastern Time tonight – 1am Wednesday BST.
Trump has demanded the rogue nation accept a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz or face a fresh wave of strikes that will obliterate every bridge and power plant in the country.
The furious president issued a chilling threat to Iran in a social media post that warned: “Open the f***ing Strait, you crazy b*****ds – or you’ll be living in hell”.
If Tehran fails to make a deal, Trump also threatened to seize their oil.
It comes after a bombshell US intelligence report revealed the reeling regime’s Supreme Leader is “unconscious”.
An assessment, believed to be based on US-Israeli intelligence, says Mojtaba Khamenei is being treated in the holy city of Qom, 87 miles south of Tehran.
It is the first time the Supreme Leader’s location has been revealed.
The Sun previously reported the 56-year-old son of assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was in a coma after being wounded in an airstrike.
According to The Times, the memo reads: “Mojtaba Khamenei is being treated in Qom in a severe condition, unable to be involved in any decision making by the regime.”
Iran has confirmed Khamenei was wounded in the same air strike that killed his father, mother, wife and one of his sons on the first day of the war that has exploded across the region.
As the clock ticks on Trump’s ultimatum, US “doomsday planes” have been spotted circling above a key Nebraska air force base.
