Trump issues new warning to Tehran as Iran rejects US demands

US president Donald Trump zigzagged from claims of diplomatic progress to renewed threats of destruction on Monday as he sought to pressure Iran to make a deal to end the month-long war. Trump said in a Truth Social post that there had been “great progress” in talks with Iran but warned that if they failed to produce an agreement, he would order the bombardment of Iranian power plants, oil infrastructure and potentially desalination plants. The US president has repeatedly threatened such attacks in recent weeks, only to back down, as the global economy reels from the risk to energy supplies….