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On April 6th, according to multiple US media reports, Trump told Fox News that he believed a deal with Iran was possible by Monday. Two hours later, Trump told Axios that an Iran deal was "possibly possible by Tuesday," otherwise "it will destroy everything." Later, ABC News reported that Trump stated the conflict with Iran should end within days, not weeks. According to the latest report from the Wall Street Journal, Trump stated that if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, the US will strike Iranian power plants. Trump did not provide a timetable for ending the war with Iran.

According to the Wall Street Journal, US President Trump stated that if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, the US will strike Iranian power plants. Trump did not provide a timetable for ending the conflict with Iran.

According to ABC News, US President Trump said he would blow up the entire country of Iran with "virtually no" room for negotiation if no deal is reached.

On April 5th, according to Axios, US President Trump stated in a phone interview that the US is engaged in "deep negotiations" with Iran and hopes to reach an agreement before Tuesday's deadline. "The chances of a deal are very high, but if they don't, I'm going to destroy everything there," he said. When asked if he was worried about harming innocent civilians, Trump said he believed Iranians opposed to his government would support such strikes to weaken the regime. In the approximately eight-minute phone interview, Trump stated that his special envoys, Witkov and Kushner, were engaged in intensive negotiations with the Iranian side. Two sources involved in the negotiations said communication was being conducted both through intermediaries such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, and through text messages between Trump's advisors and Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi. "The negotiations are progressing well, but dealing with the Iranians is never a long way off," Trump said. He also stated that the two sides were close to reaching an agreement to hold direct talks a few days earlier. "But they said they'd meet again in five days. I asked, why five days? I felt they weren't serious enough. So I attacked that bridge," Trump said.

On April 5, Mehdi Tabatabai, Deputy Chief of Staff for Information and Communications at the Iranian Presidential Palace, issued a stern statement regarding the regional situation and the passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Tabatabai launched a fierce attack on US President Trump and his policies on social media, accusing him of resorting to verbal abuse out of "despair and anger," and claiming that his reckless actions had triggered a full-scale war in the region. Regarding the control of the Strait of Hormuz, Tabatabai stated that the strait would only be fully reopened after a new legal framework was established and past shipping tax revenues were used to compensate Iran for all losses suffered in past wars.

Domestic News: 1. Box office revenue for the 2026 Qingming Festival holiday is expected to exceed 200 million yuan. 2. Wang Yi spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov by phone. 3. The Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament will visit China from April 7th to 11th. 4. China's national railway system transported 22.123 million passengers, setting a new record for single-day passenger volume during the Qingming Festival holiday. International News: 1. The White House denies rumors of Trump's serious illness and hospitalization. 2. OPEC+ increased production by 206,000 barrels per day in May. 3. British media: Britain seeks to attract Anthropic to expand its business in the UK. 4. Energy Situation: ① Iran has included Israeli power plants in its attack targets. ② The Ruwais petrochemical facility in Abu Dhabi was attacked and shut down. ③ Oil tankers carrying Iraqi crude oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz. ④ Iran warned of further damage to US interests by striking petrochemical and energy facilities in several Gulf states. ⑤ Oman and Iran held a vice-ministerial meeting to discuss the issue of securing passage through the Strait of Hormuz. ⑥ Kuwait Oil Company confirmed that its production facilities were attacked by Iranian drones, and some facilities caught fire. 6. Iran Situation: ① Trump - US media: Trump said he would reach an agreement with Iran as early as tomorrow, otherwise he would blow everything up and take over the oil; Trump threatened to strike Iranian power plants and bridges on April 7; he will hold a joint press conference with the military. ② US media: The Iranian parliament speaker seems to have threatened to cut off shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. ③ Iran launched its 96th wave of strikes against the US and Israel. ④ Iranian media: The commander of the Iranian Army Air Defense Academy was killed in the US and Israeli attacks inside Iran. ⑤ Iranian military: The US military's rescue mission for the pilots "failed" and several aircraft were shot down. ⑥ Israel claims to have killed the commercial head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's oil headquarters.

According to Iran's Mehr News Agency, Masoud Zare, commander of the Iranian Army Air Defense Academy, was killed in a US-Israeli attack inside Iran.

April 5th - OPEC website announced that Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman have decided to adjust their production by 206,000 barrels per day from the additional voluntary production cut of 1.65 million barrels per day announced in April 2023. The adjustment will take effect in May 2026.