Trump condemned after threatening to destroy ‘whole civilisation’ unless Iran makes deal to end war

NewsWorldMiddle EastTrump condemned after threatening to destroy ‘whole civilisation’ unless Iran makes deal to end war‘A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,’ Trump wrote hours before his ‘final’ deadline for Iran expires Maira Butt Tuesday 07 April 2026 22:48 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2953066","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iranian-civilisation-threats-genocide-b2953066.html","title":"Trump condemned after threatening to destroy ‘whole civilisation’ in Iran"}}CloseTrump warns Iran ‘a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back’ as his strikes deadline loomsOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"...