Middle East crisis live: Tehran warns Trump over strait of Hormuz threat; Netanyahu suggests Israel helped rescue downed US crew member | US-Israel war on Iran
Opening summary
Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Muhammed Baqir Kalibaf condemned Donald Trump’s Threats to target energy and transportation infrastructure, saying he was misled by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Qalibaf wrote on
Late Sunday, Netanyahu suggested: Israel helped WE with the rescue of the downed airman Iranian. The Israeli prime minister said he had spoken to Trump and “congratulated him on his courageous decision and the excellently executed American mission.” “The President expressed his gratitude for Israel’s assistance,” Netanyahu said.
On Sunday, the US president used profanity-laden language to call on Iran to allow the ships to pass. Strait of Hormuz While threatening to further attack Iran’s energy and transportation infrastructure. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: “Open the damn Throat, you crazy bastards, or you’ll live in Hell.”
Demonstrating that it still has the ability to cause damage despite the US-Israeli coup, Iran expanded its attacks on energy infrastructure in the Gulf over the weekend, launching drone and missile attacks on petrochemical facilities in Iran. Kuwait, bahrain And United Arab Emirates.
The Revolutionary Guard said they also hit an Israeli-linked ship. dubaiJebel Ali port.
In other important developments:
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Trump was harshly rebuked by US politicians. They include former Republican ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called on the administration to “intervene in Trump’s madness,” adding that the president “is crazy and you’re all complicit.” “The President of the United States is screaming on social media like a deranged lunatic,” wrote top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer. Schumer added: “He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. That’s who he is, but that’s not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.”
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Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday following Trump’s threats against Iran. While West Texas Intermediate, the reference indicator of the USA, increased by 1.86% to $113.62 per barrel, North Sea Brent crude oil also rose at the market opening of the week, rising by 1.16% to $110.30 per barrel.
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The second crew of the crashed F-15E fighter jet was rescued by the USA at nightTwo days of search efforts ended after the warplane crashed in southwestern Iran. Trump said the crew member was “seriously injured” but “unharmed and safe” after a mission reportedly made possible by CIA trickery.
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At least five people were reported killed in US-Israeli attacks In southwestern Iran during rescue operations.
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Israeli rescue teams found the bodies of two people who died when an Iranian ballistic missile hit a residential building in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.Israeli media reported. Rescue efforts to reach the two missing people continued on Monday morning.
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Iran announced Sunday that it attacked a petrochemical complex in Bahrain.. Video footage shows thick black smoke rising from the area.
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Kuwait Oil Company says some of its facilities were targeted by Iranian drone attacksIt caused fires and “significant material losses”. Kuwait also reported that two electricity and water desalination plants suffered “significant material damage” after being attacked by Iranian drones.
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While it was stated that at least 15 people died in Israel’s attacks in Lebanon on Sunday, the country’s health ministry said that the Israeli chief of staff visited the troops in southern Lebanon and promised to intensify attacks against Hezbollah.. At least five people were killed and 52 injured in the Jnah neighborhood in one of Israel’s attacks in Beirut on Sunday, the Lebanese ministry said.
important events
The Israeli army announced the completion of a new wave of attacks against “regime targets” in Tehran.
The brief statement, contained in a post on Telegram on Monday, followed Iranian media reports of attacks on residential areas in the Iranian capital earlier in the day.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday that his government was preparing for talks with Iran. against the background of the global energy crisis.
“We are preparing dialogues at leadership level at an appropriate time,” he told a parliamentary committee. He did not say who he planned to meet with in Iran.
About 90% of Japan’s crude oil comes from the Middle East, making the country particularly vulnerable to waterway closures. Last month the government approved the release of 15 days worth of oil from private sector storage, the largest ever release of oil from its strategic reserves.
Iran threatens ‘devastating’ retaliation if civilian targets are hit
Iran’s central military command warns of “much more devastating” retaliation if US strikes civilian targets.
If attacks against civilian targets are repeated, the next phases of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more destructive and widespread.
The warning came later Donald Trump He threatened to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure and demanded that Tehran bow to his demands for a deal to reopen the Gulf to shipping.
Trump vowed on social media to hit Iran’s power plants and bridges and said the country would “live in hell” if the Strait of Hormuz, which is vital for global trade, was not opened. He concluded his words by saying, “Praise be to God.”
Opening summary
Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Muhammed Baqir Kalibaf condemned Donald Trump’s Threats to target energy and transportation infrastructure, saying he was misled by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Qalibaf wrote on
Late Sunday, Netanyahu suggested: Israel helped WE with the rescue of the downed airman Iranian. The Israeli prime minister said he had spoken to Trump and “congratulated him on his courageous decision and the excellently executed American mission.” “The President expressed his gratitude for Israel’s assistance,” Netanyahu said.
On Sunday, the US president used profanity-laden language to call on Iran to allow the ships to pass. Strait of Hormuz While threatening to further attack Iran’s energy and transportation infrastructure. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: “Open the damn Throat, you crazy bastards, or you’ll live in Hell.”
Demonstrating that it still has the ability to cause damage despite the US-Israeli coup, Iran expanded its attacks on energy infrastructure in the Gulf over the weekend, launching drone and missile attacks on petrochemical facilities in Iran. Kuwait, bahrain And United Arab Emirates.
The Revolutionary Guard said they also hit an Israeli-linked ship. dubaiJebel Ali port.
In other important developments:
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Trump was harshly rebuked by US politicians. They include former Republican ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called on the administration to “intervene in Trump’s madness,” adding that the president “is crazy and you’re all complicit.” “The President of the United States is screaming on social media like a deranged lunatic,” wrote top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer. Schumer added: “He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. That’s who he is, but that’s not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.”
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Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday following Trump’s threats against Iran. While West Texas Intermediate, the US reference indicator, increased by 1.86% to $113.62 per barrel, North Sea Brent crude oil was also high at the market opening of the week, rising by 1.16% to $110.30 per barrel.
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The second crew of the crashed F-15E fighter jet was rescued by the USA at nightTwo days of search efforts ended after the warplane crashed in southwestern Iran. Trump said the crew member was “seriously injured” but “unharmed and safe” after a mission reportedly made possible by CIA trickery.
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At least five people were reported killed in US-Israeli attacks In southwestern Iran during rescue operations.
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Israeli rescue teams found the bodies of two people who died when an Iranian ballistic missile hit a residential building in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.Israeli media reported. Rescue efforts to reach the two missing people continued on Monday morning.
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Iran announced Sunday that it attacked a petrochemical complex in Bahrain.. Video footage shows thick black smoke rising from the area.
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Kuwait Oil Company says some of its facilities were targeted by Iranian drone attacksIt caused fires and “significant material losses”. Kuwait also reported that two electricity and water desalination plants suffered “significant material damage” after being attacked by Iranian drones.
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While it was stated that at least 15 people died in Israel’s attacks in Lebanon on Sunday, the country’s health ministry said that the Israeli chief of staff visited the troops in southern Lebanon and promised to intensify attacks against Hezbollah.. At least five people were killed and 52 injured in the Jnah neighborhood in one of Israel’s attacks in Beirut on Sunday, the Lebanese ministry said.
