It was the latest instance of Trump backing down at the 11th hour from his repeated threats to bomb every power plant in Iran. UN Secretary General António Guterres & others have condemned the threats, noting international humanitarian law forbids attacks targeting civilians&civilian infrastructure.
“Trump's ceasefire extension is certainly a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike," Mahdi Mohammadi, the parliament speaker's adviser, said in a statement on social media, calling the U.S. blockade an ongoing military aggression. "The time for Iran to take the initiative has come."
An adviser to Iran's lead negotiator, the speaker of parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said Trump's announcement carried little weight.
Tue, April 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM CDT; Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, said Iran had not asked for a ceasefire extension and repeated threats to break the U.S. blockade by force.
The ruling marks the1st time the ECJ has found a memberstate guilty of breakingEU lawbased exclusively on breaching thebloc’s fundamentalvalues describedin article2 of its treaty.These incl. respectforhumandignity, democracy,equality,theruleof law&respectforfundamentalrights, incl.thoseofminorities.
In a wide-ranging judgment, the European court of justice said the 2021 law that bans content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV was at odds with a society based on pluralism and fundamental rights, such as prohibition of discrimination and freedom of expression.
The court said in a statement that the Hungarian law was “contrary to the very identity of the union as a common legal order in a society in which pluralism prevails”, and that Hungary could not “validly rely on its national identity” as justification for a law that breached fundamental values.
Trump’s economic approval rating took a nosedive — falling to 32 percent, with 13 percent strongly approving. Of the two-thirds of respondents who are disappointed with Trump’s handling of the key economic issues, 52 percent say they “strongly disapprove” of his performance.
“Taking on violent hate&extremist groups is among the most dangerous work there is,&we believe it is also amongthe most important work we do,”Fair said. “The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice&ensure the promise of the Civil Rights movement becomes a reality for all.”
“Recounting the organization’s fight against white supremacy and other forms of injustice, Fair said the SPLC was “unsurprised to be the latest organization targeted by this administration, they have made no secret of who they want to protect and who they want to destroy.”
Bryan Fair, interim chief executive of SPLC, said in a statement that the organization is still reviewing the charges but that after witnessing the Justice Department’s news conference they are “are outraged by the false allegations.”
Democrats at the hearing also pressed Gabbard about what intelligence was conveyed to Trump about how Iran would react to a potential U.S. attack, saying the president has expressed surprise at Iran’s strikes on neighboring countries.
When pressed by Sen. Jon Ossoff on the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program, Gabbard said that only the commander in chief could decide what represented an urgent threat to the country. “False,”Ossoff replied. “You’re evading a question because a candid statement would contradict the White House.”
“Iran’s nuclearenrichment prg.was obliterated.Therehasbeennoefforts sincethentotry to rebuild their enrichment capability,”herprepared remarksread,accord. to herwritten statementpostedonthe SenateIntelligenceCommittee’s website.Inheropeningstatement, Gabbardomittedlanguage incl.inher writtenremarks.
The IDF had informed the U.S. military ahead of the strikes,but the full scale of the operation still caught Washington off guard. U.S. officialsalso fear that Israel’s attack on infrastructurethat affects everyday Iranians could rally the populationbehind the Islamic regime instead of weakening it.
Trump’s war against Iran is already throwing him and his officials for a loop. The U.S. was blindsided by Israel’s extensive strikes on Iranian oil depots, according to a U.S. official, an Israeli official, and a source with knowledge, Axios reports.
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