The U.S. Army Delta Force and Navy SEAL Team Six were among the hundreds of special operations troops and intelligence personnel involved in the rescue of the U.S. Air Force colonel in Iran, according to CNN, citing a source briefed on the operation.

President Trump will hold a news conference at the White House briefing room at 1 p.m. ET Monday, making a rare appearance in front of reporters in the room since the start of his administration.

He last briefed reporters in the room after the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs agenda. He also addressed reporters to mark the one-year anniversary of his second inauguration.

Before the briefing, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will host the annual Easter egg roll on the south lawn of the White House.

President Donald Trump briefly visited Trump National Golf Club on Easter morning before returning to the White House.

Under President Donald Trump’s administration, several government agencies shared Easter messages on Sunday.

More than 92 million people in Iran have been cut off from the internet for over 30 days under a severe nationwide blackout, but one man with access is using a dizzying combination of memes, trading tips and sarcasm to play Donald Trump at his own propaganda game.

The hardline speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has regularly been posting taunting memes in English on X in an attempt to counter Trump’s frequent Truth Social posts on the war.

President Donald Trump is set to hold a news conference in the White House briefing room on Monday at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

The president initially announced that his news conference would be held in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump warned Iran must make a deal with the U.S. by his Tuesday deadline — otherwise he will resort to “blowing up” the nation.

“If it happens, it happens. And if it doesn’t, we’re blowing up the whole country,” he told ABC News during an interview Sunday. “We’re blowing up, as I said, it’s going to be bridge day and it’s going to be power plant day in the country of Iran.”

He also told Axios: “There is a good chance, but if they don’t make a deal, I am blowing up everything over there.”

According to The New York Times, the price of Brent crude, the global standard, hit nearly $111 on Sunday.

This comes after President Donald Trump threatened that Iran would be “living in Hell” if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” he wrote on Truth Social. “There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy b******s, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

President Donald Trump and other US officials cast the rescue of a US airman in Iran as an “Easter miracle” on Sunday, framing the operation in religious terms that portrayed the war as a just cause and divinely blessed.

In the past, administrations typically issued postcard-style Easter ⁠greetings, and critics said officials’ messages this time had blurred the line between faith and policy by invoking religion to justify the war and shape the military’s conduct.

“The rescue was an Easter Miracle,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and some cabinet members followed with messages of their own.

In a separate message that invoked religion in another way, Trump threatened on social media to strike power plants and bridges, urged Tehran to open the Strait of ⁠Hormuz, “you crazy bastards” or face “living in Hell,” and signed off with the phrase “Praise ​be ⁠to Allah.”

In a social media message, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent drew on the symbolism of Easter, the day Jesus was resurrected from the dead.

“The Easter miracle is considered the greatest victory in history,” Bessent said on X. “And so, it (is) ⁠fitting on this holiest of Christian days that a brave American warrior was rescued from behind enemy lines in one of ​the greatest ⁠search and rescue missions in military history.”

Defense Secretary Pete ‌Hegseth wrote “God is good” on his private account on X on Sunday, reposting a social media post by Trump about the success of the rescue mission in Iran.

Axios, citing an interview with the Republican Trump and an unnamed US defence official, reported that ‌was the phrase uttered by the rescued officer over the radio after he ‌ejected from his aircraft.