Donald Trump says almost nothing is off limits as he threatens to obliterate Iranian civil infrastructure.
The US President's demanding Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 1pm tomorrow or the country will be 'living in Hell'.
Tehran has meanwhile rejected a last-ditch temporary ceasefire proposal, calling instead for a definitive end to the war.
Feature Story News Correspondent Kate Fisher told Ryan Bridge there does seem to be diplomacy happening in the background, but at the same time, the rhetoric is very aggressive.
She says it doesn’t sound like the rhetoric or violence is being dialled down, but diplomacy is happening.
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And let's go to Washington. So Iran's already said not
to Trump. This is on his call to open the
effing straight Wednesday, New Zealand. Time is the deadline, and
there was talk of a ceasefire, plans for a ceasefire
that Iran has already rejected. In forty five days. Trump
and Higseeth, they've been speaking at a press conference at
the White House about the rescue of the us EM
and at the weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Where we're doing unbelievably well, well at a level that
nobody's ever seen before. The entire country could be taken
out in.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
One night, and that night might be tomorrow night.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Are special operators, pilots, and support crews performed with near
perfection under fire, and they were lethal. Just ask any
Iranian soldier who dared attempt to get anywhere near that
pilot or during that mission.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Kate Fisher feature story News in DC for US this morning. Kate,
good to have you on the program. Sounds like quite
a well, a massive mission involving heaps of aircraft.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
That's right, hundreds of them. Donald Trump clearly very proud
of his military, very impressed by this kind of undertaking,
and delighted that it all happened without any further casualty
on the US side. He says that twenty one aircraft
came to help rescue the airman who ejected when his
(01:24):
plane was struck down by the Iranians, and Donald Trump
described how he was bleeding profusely but still managed to
climb up into this ridge on the side of a
mountain until he could be found by Percy Well, the
CIA located him, and then to be found by the
US military to be rescued.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, absolutely fascinating. So what happens from here? You know,
Trump's obviously made ultimatums, but he's made these ultimatums before
in Iran as clearly calling as bluff.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Absolutely, he's saying, he's reiterated double down that this new
deadline that he put on social media over the weekend
of Tuesday at eight pm Eastern time here in Washington.
My master is not good enough to work out what
time that is for you, but that that's essentially tomorrow evening,
that he will be obliterating Iran if they do not
(02:14):
reopen the Strait of Hormos. As you just mentioned, Iran
rejected a peace plan that was put forward by these
intermediaries Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, but it did submit its
own ten point plan to the Americans, and Donald Trump
said that this was a significant proposal, but he said
it wasn't good enough, although he acknowledged it was a
significant step. So it does sound as if there is
(02:36):
diplomacy going on in the background, but at the same time,
publicly the US certainly well from both sides, the rhetoric
is very aggressive. You've got Donald Trump and his members,
you know, have Pete Heggs has just left the lectern
at the White House. The head of the CIA is
also spoken, the General of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(02:57):
This is all the top people involved in this mission
speaking at the White House. Kind of in this lap
of glory, lap of victory over this rescue of and airmen.
It doesn't sound like kind of dialing down of the
rhetoric or the violence. But at the same time we
understand diplomacy is happening.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Catty, appreciate your update. Katie Fisher UIs correspondent for US
in DCED. For more from early edition with Ryan Bridge,
listen live to news Talks. It'd be from five am
weekdays
Speaker 3 (03:27):
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