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highplainsdem

(62,301 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:53 PM 15 hrs ago

Iran war live: US to weigh deadline extension while Tehran reviews Pakistan's ceasefire request

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Source: Reuters

With only hours left before the deadline, Tehran was positively reviewing a request by Pakistan for a two-week ceasefire to give more time for diplomacy, a ‌senior Iranian official told Reuters.

The White House said Trump was aware of the proposal and would respond.

Trump's threat for Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil or see the U.S. destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran, drew widespread condemnation, including from the head of the United Nations and Pope Leo.

There were mixed signals over whether negotiations were continuing. But an Iranian official told Reuters about five hours before the deadline that the U.S. and Iran were still exchanging messages via mediators, without providing details.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-war-live-tehran-rejects-ceasefire-deal-trumps-deadline-reopen-strait-hormuz-2026-04-07/

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Iran war live: US to weigh deadline extension while Tehran reviews Pakistan's ceasefire request (Original Post) highplainsdem 15 hrs ago OP
Is it TACO time? blue-wave 15 hrs ago #1
2 weeks..................... Lovie777 15 hrs ago #2
Two weeks? -misanthroptimist 15 hrs ago #3
Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum Brother Buzz 15 hrs ago #4
Pump and Dump n/t Cheezoholic 14 hrs ago #5
Taco Don will give them an extension with the threat that he will bomb every country that starts with the letter I yaesu 14 hrs ago #6
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve 2 hrs ago #7

blue-wave

(5,215 posts)
1. Is it TACO time?
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:00 PM
15 hrs ago

Lovie777

(23,052 posts)
2. 2 weeks.....................
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:00 PM
15 hrs ago

sound familiar.

-misanthroptimist

(1,642 posts)
3. Two weeks?
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:04 PM
15 hrs ago

Where have I heard that before?

Brother Buzz

(39,957 posts)
4. Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:08 PM
15 hrs ago

Onion headline

Cheezoholic

(3,748 posts)
5. Pump and Dump n/t
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:16 PM
14 hrs ago

yaesu

(9,341 posts)
6. Taco Don will give them an extension with the threat that he will bomb every country that starts with the letter I
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:40 PM
14 hrs ago

if they don't surrender.

Omaha Steve

(109,345 posts)
7. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 06:10 AM
2 hrs ago

Story at link has changed. Live links don't work in LBN!

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