Trump gets his answer from Iran as huge banner is put up in Tehran saying the Strait of Hormuz will remain CLOSED

Donald Trump has received his answer from Iran regarding the Strait of Hormuz after it hung a giant banner in the capital stating it will remain closed.

Images have emerged from Tehran of a huge banner on the side of a building depicting Iranian soldiers carrying a netted bag filled with US military vehicles.

Written above the image are the chilling words: ‘The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed; the entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground’.

It comes after Trump ramped up pressure on Iran, warning that Hell will reign down on them if a deal is not reached regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

‘Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,’ Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social, referring to an ultimatum issued on March 26.

‘Time is running out — 48 hours before all Hell will reign (sic) down on them.’

Iran’s central military command rejected the ultimatum, with General Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi saying Trump’s threat was a ‘helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action’.

Echoing Trump’s language, he warned that ‘the gates of hell will open for you’.

Qatar’s Defence Ministry says Iran launched two cruise missiles and numerous drones at Qatari territory today, but that the country’s air defences ‘successfully intercepted’ all of them.

Benjamin Netanyahu said: ‘Congratulations President Donald Trump. All Israelis rejoice in the incredible rescue of a brave American pilot by America’s dauntless warriors.

‘This proves that when free societies muster their courage and their resolve, they can confront seemingly insurmountable odds and overcome the forces of darkness and terror.

‘This rescue operation reinforces the sacred principle: no one is left behind. This is a shared value demonstrated time and time again in the history of both our countries.

‘As a nation that repeatedly carried out daring rescue operations, and as someone who was wounded in such a mission and lost a brother in the Entebbe rescue, Israelis and I, we know what a bold decision you took.

‘President Donald Trump, Donald, my dear friend, once again your decisive leadership brought another great victory to America. I salute you! We all do!’

Donald Trump has issued an ominous but misspelled threat to Iran over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

‘Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out – 48 hours before all Hell will reign (sic) down on them. Glory be to GOD!’, the President wrote on his Truth Social website Saturday morning.

His post, which likely meant to use the homophone ‘rain’ in this context, came as tensions mounted over the shipping channel, which is vital to the global oil trade.

US news channel Fox News has shared new comments from Trump on potential attacks on Iranian infrastructure.

Fox News reported that Trump said by phone: ‘If they don’t make a deal, and fast, I’m considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil.

‘You’re going to see bridges and power plants dropping all over their country,’ the US President added, according to the report.

However, Trump claimed some Iranian officials are ‘negotiating now’, and said he believes there is a ‘good chance’ of a deal by Monday.

Iranian officials have denied earlier claims by Trump that Tehran is seeking a deal.

The US government has asked top providers of satellite imagery to stop publishing photos from parts of the Middle East because of the Iran war, says the company Planet Labs.

Planet Labs and companies like it provide near-daily imagery crucial to reporting on regions where on-the-ground access for journalists is impossible, limited, or unsafe.

That has made it an especially key tool for reporting on the Iran war, which has impacted nearly all Middle Eastern countries.

In a Saturday email to users, Planet Labs said it was complying with the US government’s requests and would indefinitely delay publication of imagery taken after March 9, 2026.

It said it would release new imagery on a ‘case-by-case basis and for urgent, mission-critical requirements or in the public interest.’

The company said the new measures would be in place until the end of the conflict.

President Trump’s audacious extraction of a US airman came agonisingly close to being a disaster and could have led to dozens of casualties on Iranian soil.

Two transport planes and one helicopter became stuck in the mud and were unable to take off, leaving more military personnel stranded behind enemy lines as Basij fighters closed in on their botched rescue site.

The failed extraction could have cost dozens of lives, but three more transport planes arrived just in time, as the colonel and other forces were evacuated under gunfire from the advancing Iranians.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society says that one of its ambulances was hit early this morning when it was dispatched on a rescue operation in the Komher area.

There were no casualties, it said, as the crew abandoned the ambulance as soon as it noticed an approaching fighter jet.

‘Previously, 46 Red Crescent and emergency ambulances across the country were damaged by airstrikes in the recent imposed war, and four Red Crescent Society rescuers were also martyred’, the group said.

President Donald Trump said the effort to rescue the second pilot was a rarely attempted type of operation because of the potential dangers.

He said in a social media post on Sunday that the pilot was ‘seriously wounded and really brave’ and rescued from ‘deep inside the mountains’ in Iran.

Trump said the pilot is a ‘highly respected Colonel’ and that Iranian forces were ‘looking hard, in big numbers’ and ‘getting close’ to him.

He also gave details of the rescue of the first pilot, who Trump said was rescued in ‘broad daylight’ after seven hours over Iran.