President Donald Trump issued a series of increasingly aggressive threats to destroy Iran’s power plants starting Tuesday and bring “Hell” to the country after US forces rescued an airman from Iran more than a day after his fighter jet was shot down.

In a violent Easter Sunday post, the president threatened to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges — a potential war crime under international law.

In a post on social media, the US president says in Iran “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one” if the key shipping lane is not reopened.

Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after US forces pulled off a daring rescue of an injured airman whose fighter jet was shot down over the country on Friday.

President Trump has issued a new threat to Tehran following the rescue of two U.S. aviators in Iran. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

U.S. ⁠forces ⁠staged the audacious rescue of an airman behind enemy ⁠lines after Iran downed his fighter jet, officials said on Sunday, resolving a crisis for President Donald Trump as ​he weighs escalating the war,

A US airman missing after his fighter jet was shot down over Iran has been rescued. Trump said he "sustained injuries, but he will be just fine."

The second of two U.S. pilots downed over Iran has been found in a successful search-and-rescue raid, President Donald Trump said Sunday.