Trump warns US could send Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ if deadline not met

NewsWorldMiddle EastTrump warns US could send Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ if deadline not metUS president confirms final ultimatum of Tuesday 8pm before American launches barrage of attacks on civilian targets in IranTara Cobham Monday 06 April 2026 21:32 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":"b2952535","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/donald-trump-iran-war-middle-east-conflict-us-b2952535.html","title":"Trump warns US could send Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ if deadline not met"}}CloseTrump gives rambling account of Iran war rescueOn 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":"Middle East","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Donald Trump has threatened to send Iran “back to the ston...