The most revealing thing about the 8 April ceasefire was not that it paused, for the moment, threatened attacks on Iran’s bridges, power stations and other essential infrastructure. It was that such targets had become bargaining language at all. On Truth Social, Donald Trump threatened to destroy bridges and electric power plants if Tehran did not meet his deadline over Hormuz. On 5 April, Easter Sunday, he widened the warning again, turning infrastructure itself into the object of coercive diplomacy. Tehran answered by threatening Persian Gulf energy and water systems if Iran’s own civilian lifelines were hit. By the time the ceasefire arrived, the region had already crossed a line: civilian life was no longer just exposed to war; it […]
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