Trump vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ as Tehran denies talks | 2 April 2026 | U.S. President Donald Trump has once again threatened strikes on Iran’s power plants and oil infrastructure unless his demands are met. In his first address to the nation since the U.S. and Israel began their war on Iran, delivered on Wednesday, Trump said the U.S. was “very close” to achieving its military goals, adding that the expects the conflict to end in two to three weeks. As the war entered its 33rd day, new missile strikes were reported in Iran, Israel, and the Gulf states, including Kuwait, where a U.S. naval base was reportedly targeted. Meanwhile, Trump has claimed that Iran’s president wanted a ceasefire, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has refuted. “No ceasefire proposal has been made by Iran. The five-point plan allegedly proposed by Iran is media speculation,” Araghchi said, as cited by IRIB.