(SeaPRwire) –   On Tuesday, just hours ahead of Donald Trump’s deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations hit out at the U.S. president, labeling one of Trump’s posts on Truth Social “deeply irresponsible” and “profoundly alarming.”

Trump gave the Iranian regime until 8 p.m. ET to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically vital global waterway, and threatened that Iran would face strikes on its power plants and bridges if it did not comply.

In an early Tuesday post, Trump wrote, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” and added, “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”

“Today the President of the United States again used language that is not only deeply irresponsible but profoundly alarming, declaring that, quote, ‘the whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back,’ unquote,” Amir-Saeid Iravani stated during a Tuesday afternoon appearance at U.N. headquarters in New York.

“It is regrettable and alarming that while in full view of the international community, the President of the United States shamelessly and brazenly threatens to destroy all civilian infrastructure in Iran, including bridges, power plants and energy facilities, by setting a deadline and openly discloses his intent to commit vile crimes and crimes against humanity,” Iravani added.

When Digital requested comment from the White House, a White House representative said, “The Iranian regime has committed egregious human rights abuses against its own citizens for 47 years, just murdered tens of thousands of protestors in January, and has indiscriminately targeted civilians across the region in order to cause as much death as possible throughout this conflict.”

“As President Trump said today, Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and the Iranian people welcome the sound of bombs because it means their oppressors are losing. The President will always stand with innocent civilians while annihilating the terrorists responsible for threatening our country and the entire world with a nuclear weapon,” White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly added. Greater destruction can be avoided if the regime understands the seriousness of this moment and makes a deal with the United States.”

Trump also commented Tuesday, “now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?”

“We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World,” the president added. “47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!”