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How Iran is reacting as Trump pulls back from threat to wipe out civilization

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

President Trump made a violent and extraordinary threat on Tuesday, saying he would erase an entire civilization if Iran didn't agree to his terms for a deal. He backed down from that rhetoric later in the day, agreeing to a two-week ceasefire. To discuss the reaction in Iran, Geoff Bennett spoke with special correspondent Reza Sayah in Tehran. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Let's shift our focus now to Tehran and special correspondent Reza Seya, who's been following

0:05.2

this precarious back and forth from the Iranian capital.

0:09.1

So Reza, the news of a two-week ceasefire just came.

0:12.4

Have you heard any reaction yet?

0:16.0

No official reaction from government officials other than that they've accepted this proposal. But I think

0:21.4

publicly they're going to portray this as a victory against the United States and Israel, just like

0:27.6

Mr. Trump on Monday and as Secretary of War portrayed the recovery of the U.S. fighter pilot as a huge

0:34.2

victory in a show of U.S. military might. I think Iran is going to portray

0:38.4

disagreement as a win. Remember, for Iran's survival was always victory. And despite taking

0:46.3

many losses, the destruction of military hardware, the destruction of industrial and economic

0:51.9

infrastructure, the assassination of political military leaders,

0:56.4

the loss of their supreme leader, they are still standing, and for them, this is a win.

1:01.9

And state media is reporting it is such.

1:05.5

I'm going to read you a couple of headlines that were just published a couple of minutes ago,

1:10.5

Farse news Agency writing,

1:12.8

Trump by Akap Nishinia dobarate.

1:15.3

Trump, once again, retreating Merr News' headline is,

1:20.5

Qutrat and Mughavimat to Iran, Trumpra Majboub al-Qaqqqat,

1:24.9

the strength and resistance of Iran forced Trump to accept a ceasefire.

1:32.3

So certainly they're presenting it as a win, but I think moving forward, all eyes are going to be on the

1:38.2

Strait of Hormuz.

1:39.0

The agreement says Iran must open it, and we'll see if they open it and what they do beyond the two weeks.

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