What the US military could do if Iran fails to meet Trump's ultimatum

"To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks."

— Shehbaz Sharif , Politician

"Those strikes did not represent a change in Trump's strategy."

— JD Vance , Politician

"The U.S. interpretation of obligations under the law of war in regard to 'war-sustaining' dual-use infrastructure has been 'pretty stretched.'"

— Rachel VanLandingham , Academic

"Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and the Iranian people welcome the sound of bombs because it means their oppressors are losing."

— Anna Kelly , Executive

"Officers have already had to grapple with orders alleged by international law experts to be illegal in the Caribbean bombing campaign."

— Brian Finucane , Academic

"More than 14 million brave Iranians have so far declared their readiness to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran."

— Masoud Pezeshkian , Politician

"We will stand hand in hand next to power plants across the country, with every belief and taste, to say: attacking public infrastructure is a war crime."

— Alireza Rahimi , Activist

"A complete cessation of the war is Tehran's maximum demand in the process of peace diplomacy, adding, with a guarantee of non-repetition of aggression."

— Reza Amiri Mughadam , Other

"You do anything to those three provinces, you cut the regime's access to oil revenue [and] its access to the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz."

— Miad Maleki , Academic

"So they've got to know, we've got tools in our toolkit that we so far haven't decided to use."

— JD Vance , Politician

"a whole civilization will die if Iran doesn't agree to a deal by his deadline."

— Donald Trump , Politician