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Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization

NPR | By Aya Batrawy
Published April 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM CDT

President Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization and bomb its power plants by Tuesday night. Online, he said he agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks.

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Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai. She joined in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.
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