Iran briefing with Matthew Doran: Middle East on the brink as Trump’s deadline is hours away


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G’day, ABC Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran here in Jerusalem. It’s the end of day 39 of the war gripping the region, and we’re at a really precarious moment. The Trump deadline is 8pm Tuesday Washington time, 3:30am Wednesday in Tehran — which is 10am Australian Eastern Standard Time. Here’s what you need to know today: The US president has issued an astonishing threat on social media, saying that in the next few hours “a whole civilisation” will die. It’s Donald Trump’s latest tirade against Iran and was issued ahead of his deadline for the regime in Tehran to agree…