'We're sinking deeper': Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears

'We're sinking deeper': Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears8 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGhoncheh HababiazadSenior reporter, BBC News PersianEPATehran's Azadi sports complex was bombed at the start of the US-Israeli war with IranOrdinary Iranians have been responding to US President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.Trump said in an expletive-laden post on social media on Sunday that "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!."Iranian officials have mocked his 20:00 ET (01:00 BST Wednesday) deadline, with a presidential aide saying his "insults and nonsense" were out of "sheer desperation and anger".The BBC has managed to talk to several Iranians - all opposed the current establishment - even though it is very difficult to contact people inside Iran due to an internet blackout imposed by the authorities more than five weeks ago. Their names have been changed for their own safety.Latest updates on the war in IranTrump issues expletive-laden threat to Iran over Hormuz Strait blockageHow rescue of US airman in remote part of Iran unfolded'We are at the edge of a battlefield': BBC reports near Strait of HormuzKasra, who is in his 20s and lives in Tehran said: "It feels like we're sinking deeper into a swamp. What can we do as ordinary people? We can't do anything. We can't stop him [Trump]. I keep thinking about a scenario where, in a month, I'm sitting with my family with no water, no electricity, nothing. And someone blows out the candle and we go to sleep."While Iranian state TV has been showing videos of well-stocked grocery shops, the BBC has heard that some people are stockpiling and are worried that the water supply might be disrupted as well."My mum is filling every bottle s...