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On Saturday, US President Donald Trump reminded Iran of the final deadline he had given them to reach an agreement before April 6th, otherwise "the gates of hell will open."
Amid the sixth week of the war between Iran on one side, and America and Israel on the other, international concerns have escalated about the expansion of the conflict and its extension for other weeks. However, what Trump did is not new in relations between countries, as it is known politically and diplomatically as an "Ultimatum," which is an old method that has been repeated in the history of international relations. Where a state sets specific conditions and sets a time limit for their implementation, and if not implemented, the alternative is military action or a dangerous escalation. Bush Sr.'s ultimatum to Saddam Hussein. Three American presidents have done this before. Before the outbreak of the Second Gulf War, then-US President George H.W. Bush issued a final warning to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait. The United Nations Security Council set a deadline that expires on January 15, 1991. But when the deadline expired and the Iraqi army did not withdraw, Operation "Desert Storm" began just two days later. Bush Jr. and the Taliban. Also, President George W. Bush gave the Taliban movement in Afghanistan a deadline after the September 11 attacks to hand over the then-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. But the Taliban rejected the offer, which led to the start of the American invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. Saddam again. Before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Bush Jr. again gave Saddam Hussein and his sons a 48-hour deadline to leave the country and avoid war. But Saddam refused, considering it an infringement on the country's sovereignty, so the war erupted, which came at the time on the pretext of the Baathist regime's possession of weapons of mass destruction. Kennedy and the Soviet Union. Before that, US President John F. Kennedy, during what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, issued what resembled a final warning to the Soviets to withdraw their missiles from Cuba, threatening a direct military confrontation. But this escalation succeeded then in achieving a diplomatic agreement and avoiding the world a deadly war at the last moments. Today, the whole world is waiting for the next step that Trump may take tomorrow, Monday (April 6, 2026), against Iran, after his threats of the possibility of bombing energy facilities and bridges as well. An Israeli official revealed that Tel Aviv is waiting for the green light from Washington before launching a wave of extensive attacks on Iranian energy facilities and destroying them. (Al Arabiya)
