The president of States Joined, Donald Trumpreiterated this Monday his threats of destroy infrastructure civil Iran y warned that it could devastate “the entire country” Tuesday yes Tehran does not reopen traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump He imposed a deadline of Tuesday night for the Iranian authorities to reopen this key passage in the region. Gulfa via maritime through which 20% of oil exports transited before the guerra.
“The entire country could be eliminated in a single night, and that night could very well be tomorrow (Tuesday),” the president said in a press conference. Then he said that States Joined can destroy all the bridges and power plants in “four hours”.
In the midst of threats, Trump He stated that the proposal for a 45-day ceasefire with Iran is a “very significant step” but “it is not enough.”
Iran rejects ceasefire proposal
For its part, Iran rejected a ceasefire proposal after 38 days of war con States Joined e Israelbecause he insisted on “the need to definitively put an end to the conflict,” reported the Iranian state agency Irna.
One day before the deadline expired, Israel bombed two Iranian petrochemical complexes, including the country’s largest gas facility, an operation that, according to the minister of Defense IsraeliIsrael Katz, was a “hard economic blow” for the Islamic republic.
In Trump in Iran They gave details about the proposal, but before the US president’s statement, the spokesman for the Iranian army, Mohamad Akraminia, stated that his country will continue the war as long as the political authorities “deem it appropriate.”
The conflict, unleashed on February 28 by a joint attack States Joined e Israel contra Iranhas caused thousands of deaths and caused an increase in oil prices that shook the world economy.
Iran promised “more devastating” retaliation if Trump carries out its threat to destroy Iranian bridges and power plants.
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‘War crimes’
Given the threats that States Joined can attack civil infrastructure, the vice minister of Relations Exteriors Iranian, Kazem Gharibabadi, denounced possible “war crimes.”
Trump dismissed warnings that attacking civilian infrastructure is contrary to international law.
“I’m not worried about it. What is a war crime is allowing a sick country, with insane leaders, to possess a nuclear weapon,” he told reporters at the White House.
The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, said Monday that an Israeli strike killed their intelligence chief, Gen. Majid Jademi, at dawn, and vowed retaliation as part of their Operation “Crushing Revenge.”
Without waiting for Wednesday, Israel claimed to have hit the South Pars petrochemical complex, located in Asaluyeh, on the Gulf coast, where local media reported multiple explosions.
In mid-March, Israel had already attacked the South Pars facility, the world’s largest known gas reserve, which straddles Iran and Qatar.
Iranian authorities reported shortly afterwards an attack on a second petrochemical plant located in Marvdasht, in southern Iran, which left “minor damage.”
“The two facilities, which together account for approximately 85% of Iran’s petrochemical exports, were taken out of service,” the Israeli defense minister said.
The US used more than 170 aircraft to rescue pilots in Iran
Trump offered this Monday some details about the US operation to rescue two pilots from a caza F-15E shot down over Iran on Friday and claimed that 170 military aircraft were used.
In parallel to the military operation, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a “disinformation operation” to sow confusion in Iran where the pilots were relentlessly searched.
In Israelrescuers announced that they had recovered the bodies of the four people missing from the rubble of a residential building in the city of Haifa, in northern Israel, after the impact of an Iranian missile on Sunday.
He army Israeli said to have carried out a new series of attacks against Tehran.
According to Iranian media, several attacks also occurred in residential neighborhoods of Tehranwhere eight hospitals had to be evacuated.
Iran continued its attacks against the Gulf countries. Kuwait reported an attack with missiles and drones that left six people injured, and the United Arab Emirates reported one person injured due to falling debris from drones intercepted by the anti-aircraft defense.
In LebanonOn the other major front of the war, a new Israeli bombardment hit the south of Beirut, considered a stronghold of the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah, after an evacuation warning.
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