Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.
President Trump's deadline is still tonight at 8 Eastern for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.
Otherwise, he says the U.S.
Will target Iranian infrastructure.
NPR's Deepa Shiveron reports Trump previously said he wanted U.S. Allies to open the waterway.
Trump has set different goals for reopening the Strait of Hormuz in the last week.
The route is critical for the global transport of oil and its closure has led to a spike in gas prices globally.
Most recently, speaking from the White House,
Trump said a successful deal with Iran would have to include free flow of oil through the Strait.
We have to have a deal that's acceptable to me.
And part of that deal is going to be we want free traffic of oil and everything.
Trump also repeated his threat against Iran's civilian infrastructure if a deal is not reached by 8 p.m. Eastern.
He says every bridge and power plant would be decimated.
Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Washington.
But Iran has rejected a U.S. Proposal for a temporary ceasefire to end the war.
Separately, an Iranian government official is urging young people and others.
To go stand next to Iranian power plants today to form human shields as President Trump threatens to blow the plants up.
Iran says that's a war crime.
Iran's president says 14 million Iranians, including himself, are ready to give their lives to defend Iran.
Meanwhile, Israel has issued an online warning to people in Iran,