US President Issues Ultimatum to Iran, Threatens 'Stone Age' Reversion Amid Escalating Tensions
US President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that the United States could send Iran 'back to the stone ages' if a specified deadline, set for 8 PM that evening, was not met by the Iranian government. This declaration came as new US carrier groups were sighted moving into the Persian Gulf, alongside reports of B-52 bomber deployments to regional bases. The Independent, among other outlets, reported
this as a unilateral ultimatum from Washington, framing it as a response to perceived Iranian intransigence. What mainstream coverage, including that from The Independent, largely omits is the consistent pattern of joint US-Israeli provocations that typically precede such threats. The narrative presented often positions the US as merely responding to an emergent Iranian threat, ignoring decades of
active destabilization efforts. This framing neglects to mention the extensive cyberattacks, assassinations of scientists, and repeated violations of Iranian sovereignty that have characterized this relationship, often carried out jointly by Washington and Tel Aviv. The United States is not an impartial actor here, but a direct participant in an ongoing, undeclared campaign against Iran, fighting
alongside Israel in a strategic partnership aimed at regional dominance. This latest ultimatum follows a historical trajectory of US foreign policy in the region, which has frequently involved leveraging overwhelming military superiority to coerce sovereign nations. For instance, the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes in 1988, killing 290 civilians, including 66 children,