Trump's profanity-laced ultimatum to Iran looms over 11th-hour truce bid

Live Live Updates: Last-ditch bid for Iran war ceasefire as Trump threatens to blow "everything up" By Tucker Reals Tucker Reals Editor Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Tucker Reals April 6, 2026 / 7:00 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know about the Iran war today:A last-ditch effort was underway Monday to avoid a major escalation in the Iran war, with Pakistan offering the White House and Tehran a proposal for a 45-day ceasefire that would halt hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to enable direct negotiations on a range of subjects, according to Axios and the Reuters news agency. There has been no response yet from Tehran or Washington.U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue in the wake of the remarkable U.S. operation to rescue the second member of an F-15 crew from inside Iran after the fighter jet was shot down Friday. The intelligence chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps was among dozens killed in strikes Monday, as Israel and America's Persian Gulf allies continue bearing the brunt of Tehran's retaliatory fire.Hanging over the 11th hour diplomatic push is President Trump's profanity-laced threat to destroy Iran's power plants and other civilian infrastructure — a threat Iran says is a war crime in and of itself — if Tehran doesn't make a deal by Tuesday evening. New Updates   7m ago Iran says Trump's threat against civilian infrastructure "constitutes war crimes" The spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that President Trump's repeated threats to attack the country's civilian infrastructure amounted to war crimes, as he acknowledged ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the war but warned that "negotiation can in no way be compatible with ultimatums, crimes, or threats to commit war crimes.As reports said...