Donald Trump has launched a foul-mouthed rant against Iran as his deadline for the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz approaches.

The US president has given Tehran until Monday to begin allowing oil tankers to once again pass through the key shipping lane unaided.

Around one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through the strait, but that as all-but ceased since Iran began attacking ships in retaliation for America and Israel’s bombing campaign against the country.

That has sent oil prices soaring, sparking fears of a global economic meltdown.

Trump warned Iran on Saturday that “all hell will reign down” if it did not re-open the strait within 48 hours.

In a fresh post on Truth Social on Sunday, the president listed the Iranian targets that America will hit unless Tehran complies.

He said: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

He also told Fox News: ”“If [Iran doesn’t] make a deal, and fast, I’m considering blowing everything up and taking the oil. You’re going to see bridges and power plants dropping all over their country.”

A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that attacking power plants and bridges would be against international law.

Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, told the BBC: “This stuff isn’t negotiable. You don’t hit civilian infrastructure.

“You don’t hit schools, you don’t hit energy sources, you don’t hit bridges. Those are war crimes. That is absolutely clear in international law.

“But somewhere along the way we seem to have thrown that all aside and we’ve chosen impunity, indifference, game show gambling over solidarity and humanity.”

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