Trump Threatens Iran With Genocide | “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”

DAYS 38-39: WAR ON IRAN

Joe Lauria | ConsortiumNews.com

Donald Trump has threatened genocide against the sovereign state of Iran. 

At 8:06 a.m. EDT Tuesday, he wrote on social media:

The post came 12 hours before the expiration of Trump’s deadline to Iran tonight to open the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping or else he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages where they belong,” as he vowed in an address to the world last week.

Saying a “whole civilization will die … never to be brought back again” can not be seen as an idle threat when made by someone who commands the lethal power to follow through with genocide. Trump has already been complicit with Israel in carrying out genocide in Gaza — as did his predecessor in the White House.

Now he has threatened to do the same against a nation that has not threatened the United States and is incapable of harming the United States beyond its military and economic assets in the region. Iran has only struck those assets in retaliation for being attacked in an unprovoked war of aggression by the United States 39 days ago.   

Iran has vowed to strike civilian infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, such as power plants, energy installations and desalination facilities if Trump strikes those in Iran. The widespread destruction of oil and gas facilities in the Middle East would have a devastating and long-lasting impact on the world economy.

This is what Trump is threatening.

Iran has so far been striking U.S. military bases, Israel and U.S. Gulf Arab allies, firstly in an effort to cause enough pain to stop the aggression, and secondly to cause significant changes to the Middle East that would preclude the U.S. and Israel from attacking Iran again.   

These changes were outlined in a counter-proposal Iran made to the United States on Monday.  According to The Palestine Chronicle:

“Iran’s response lays out a detailed set of conditions linking the end of the war to broader political, military, and economic arrangements:Tehran calls for an immediate and comprehensive termination of all wars across the region, including Gaza and Lebanon, accompanied by guarantees preventing any renewed escalation.The response rejects phased ceasefires, insisting that any agreement must directly result in a permanent end to hostilities.Iran also demands the full removal of economic sanctions, linking sanctions relief to both the feasibility of an agreement and post-war recovery.A structured protocol governing secure transit through the Strait of Hormuz is also included, placing the strategic waterway at the center of negotiations and tying it to wider regional security guarantees.The framework further calls for a comprehensive reconstruction process addressing infrastructure damage and humanitarian impact caused by the war.Tehran reiterates its position on the recognition of its right to peaceful uranium enrichment under international law.The response also includes demands for war reparations and broader regional security arrangements aimed at preventing future escalation, including issues related to foreign military presence in the region.”

According to this report, the Iranian proposals, which were transmitted to the U.S. via Pakistan, did not include a previous demand by Iran that United States military forces leave the Middle East. Iran has already caused considerable damage to the 13 U.S. bases in the region.

The Arab states where they are located were not protected by their presence from Iran’s retaliation and should reconsider the value of the Americans remaining.  Tehran feels it can make such a history-altering demand because it has the upperhand in the fighting. 

It takes a major war, like this one, to allow the redrawing of borders and rebalancing of power, such as what happened in the Middle East in the aftermath of the First World War, which saw the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and its replacement in the region by the British and French. 

That dominance ended in 1956 with the Suez crisis after which regional power passed to the United States. Now, 70 years later comes the prospect of the end of American dominance in the Middle East.

Of course the U.S. has ridiculed Iran’s demands and sticks to its own: namely no enrichment, sharp reduction of missiles and drones and an end to Iran’s relations with regional allies. The last two are non-starters for Iran.

It is Trump’s desperation in realizing impending defeat —  and the prospect of U.S. retreat from the region — that has informed his genocidal rant this morning.

Original Article: https://consortiumnews.com/2026/04/07/days-38-39-war-on-iran-trump-threatens-iran-genocide/