Daily Mail News
By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR and PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER
Published: 10:49 EDT, 7 April 2026 | Updated: 11:58 EDT, 7 April 2026
Iran has cut off direct communications with the US as women and children formed human shields around energy sites after Donald Trump warned that a ‘whole civilization will die tonight.’
Negotiations are continuing through mediators but the severed contact has complicated efforts to meet Trump’s 8pm ET deadline, the Wall Street Journal reported.
An official said that Iran intended to convey a message of defiance and disapproval by severing communications.
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