India, April 7 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to end "47 years of extortion, corruption, and death" in Iran even as the United States and Israel targeted Iranian infrastructure and energy sites ahead of the Tuesday deadline.

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump said on Truth Social.

The remark comes after the US and Israel unleashed fresh strikes on Iran - aimed at infrastructure and energy plants - roughly twelve hours ahead Trump's deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face destruction of its infrastructure.

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