U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran it could face devastating strikes within hours unless it agrees to a ceasefire by Tuesday night, escalating tensions with Tehran.
Trump told reporters on Monday that Iran risked being “taken out in one night”, adding: “and that night might be tomorrow night”, as he pressed Tehran to meet a deadline for a ceasefire agreement or face sweeping attacks.
He had earlier pledged to enforce a Tuesday night cut-off, warning that failure to comply would result in extensive strikes targeting power plants and other critical infrastructure.
“The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night,” Trump said during a White House press conference.
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the intensity of military operations was set to increase, noting that Monday would see the largest volume of strikes since the campaign began. He added that Tuesday’s operations would be even more significant.
Trump, flanked by senior national security officials, also provided new details about a weekend mission to recover a downed American airman from Iranian territory.
He said the pilot, who has not been identified, evaded capture by hiding in mountainous terrain and continually moving to improve his chances of rescue. “It was like finding a needle in a haystack,” Trump said.
Hundreds of U.S. personnel were deployed in the search-and-rescue effort, which also aimed to prevent Iranian forces from locating the airman first.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the agency carried out a “deception campaign” to mislead Iranian forces about the pilot’s location.
Ratcliffe said that on Saturday morning the CIA got confirmation that “one of America's best and bravest was alive and concealed in a mountain crevice, still invisible to the enemy, but not to the CIA.”
The pilot, whose aircraft was shot down on Friday, was successfully recovered on Sunday morning.
“In a breathtaking show of skill and precision, lethality and force, America's military descended on the area, the real area, engaged the enemy, rescued the stranded officer, destroyed all threats and exited Iranian territory while taking no casualties of any kind,” Trump said.
Hegseth added that the airman used an emergency transponder to signal his position and that his first message after contact was: “God is good.”
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