Iran parliament speaker warns Trump ‘whole region going to burn’

Iran’s parliament speaker warned US President Donald Trump on Sunday that his “reckless moves” would mean “our whole region is going to burn.”

“Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote in an X post in English, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ghalibaf added that the “only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.”

Trump said that his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on critical infrastructure is Tuesday evening, according to an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.

“If they don’t do something by Tuesday evening, they won’t have any power plants and they won’t have any bridges standing,” Trump told the Journal.

Trump later posted on social media, without mentioning Iran or any other details: “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”

In a separate post earlier on Sunday, Trump had said Iran would face infrastructure attacks if it did not open the strait by Tuesday, but gave no specific time.