{"id":4484,"date":"2026-04-21T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:24:28","slug":"president-trump-warns-of-escalation-if-iran-ceasefire-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=4484&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Warns of Escalation if Iran Ceasefire Expires"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>President Trump Issues Stark Warning on Iran Ceasefire<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Washington D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 President Donald Trump delivered a potent warning on Monday morning, stating that \u201clots of bombs start going off\u201d if the current ceasefire with Iran expires as scheduled on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The President&#8217;s remarks were made during a phone interview with PBS News White House correspondent Liz Landers. The conversation primarily focused on the ongoing situation with Iran, particularly as a U.S. delegation prepares for further peace talks aimed at de-escalation in the region.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways from the Presidential Call:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ceasefire Expiration:<\/strong> When questioned about the consequences of the ceasefire expiring, President Trump unequivocally stated, \u201cThen lots of bombs start going off.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Upcoming Peace Talks:<\/strong> Despite the looming deadline, discussions are underway for more peace talks in Islamabad. Trump expressed uncertainty regarding Iran&#8217;s participation but affirmed the U.S. commitment, adding, \u201cIf they&#8217;re not there, that&#8217;s fine too.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Core Demand:<\/strong> The President reiterated the primary U.S. demand from the negotiating team: \u201cNo nuclear weapons. Very simple. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jared Kushner&#8217;s Role:<\/strong> Addressing concerns about Jared Kushner&#8217;s business interests in the Middle East, Trump defended his son-in-law&#8217;s involvement, emphasizing that Kushner is \u201cpurely negotiating for the fact that they&#8217;re not going to have a nuclear weapon.\u201d He also clarified that Kushner \u201cdoesn&#8217;t participate with Saudi now\u201d regarding business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gas Prices Outlook:<\/strong> Trump also weighed in on domestic economic concerns, disagreeing with Secretary Chris Wright&#8217;s projection that gas prices might not drop below $3 until later this year or next. The President asserted, \u201cI think it&#8217;ll come roaring down if it ends. If we end it, if Iran does what they should do, it will come roaring down.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The international community watches closely as the deadline approaches, with diplomatic efforts continuing amidst the President&#8217;s strong rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #Iran #Ceasefire #NuclearWeapons #PeaceTalks #MiddleEast #USPolitics #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy #GasPrices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump Issues Stark Warning on Iran Ceasefire Washington D.C. \u2013 President Donald Trump delivered a potent warning on Monday morning, stating that \u201clots of bombs start going off\u201d if the current ceasefire with Iran expires as scheduled on Tuesday. The President&#8217;s remarks were made during a phone interview with PBS News White House correspondent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}