14 million Iranians ready to sacrifice their lives in war: President
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Dubai: Facing a looming US deadline, Iran's president said Tuesday that 14 million Iranians, including himself, have volunteered to sacrifice their lives in the war, the Associated Press reported.
President Masoud Pezeshkian made the comment on X just ahead of US President Donald Trump's deadline to bomb power stations and bridges in Iran if it doesn't loosen its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
"More than 14 million Iranian people have declared their readiness to sacrifice their lives in the (self-sacrificing) campaign," Pezeshkian wrote. "I too have been, am, and will remain ready to give my life for Iran."
As most of the world is watching to see what will come of US President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to blow up its infrastructure, should Iran continue to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut, Trump has doubled down on his threatening rhetoric against the Islamic Republic.
On Monday, Trump, who had given different – and shifting – deadlines for Iran to comply with one or the other requirements to end the war, warned that Iran’s proposal to end the war was not enough to avert his threat to destroy infrastructure.
Trump sounded adamant that nothing short of reopening the Strait would meet the US demand, and warned that in the event of Iran not budging, Iran’s bridges and power plants stood the risk of being destroyed.
More than anything else, what stood out in Trump’s threat is that this time he specifically said his Tuesday deadline is final.
“It’s a significant proposal. It’s a significant step. It’s not good enough, but it’s a very significant step,” Trump told reporters at the White House, adding that intermediaries “are negotiating now”, Al-Jazeera quoted Trump as saying.