Here are the latest events related to the 37th day of the Middle East war on Sunday, entering its sixth week since the American-Israeli attack on Iran launched on February 28th:
– “Good chances” for a deal with Iran on Monday, says Trump Donald Trump estimated on Sunday that there were “good chances” of reaching a deal with Iran on Monday, the deadline for his ultimatum to Tehran.
Without a deal, “you will see bridges and power plants collapsing throughout the country,” he threatened again.
“Open the damn Strait, you bastards, or you will live in Hell – YOU WILL SEE!” Donald Trump previously wrote on his Truth Social network, adding, “Glory to Allah.”
– Energy facility repairs will take “a long time” after the war, says OPEC+ Russia, Saudi Arabia, and six other OPEC+ members must decide whether to increase their production amid rising prices. In addition to Russia (OPEC ally) and Saudi Arabia (OPEC member), several Gulf states affected by Iranian retaliatory airstrikes are participating in this meeting whose date was known.
– Israeli-American strikes on an airport in southwest Iran The Artyr International Airport (Qassem) Soleimani in southwest Iran was hit on Sunday by Israeli-American strikes, as announced by Irna agency.
– Pro-Iranian groups attacked American diplomatic facilities in Iraq Armed pro-Iranian Iraqi factions attacked American diplomatic facilities in Iraq on Saturday night to Sunday, as reported by the United States embassy in Baghdad.
– Israel threatens to “paralyze” Iran Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, threatened on Sunday to “paralyze” the Iranian power by killing its leaders and targeting the strategic infrastructure of the Islamic Republic, if missile attacks on Israel continue.
– “Significant damage” to oil installations in Kuwait after Iranian attacks Several oil installations in Kuwait were hit by “Iranian drone attacks,” causing “significant damage,” announced the national oil company on Sunday.
– The Pope calls for peace and denounces “indifference” Pope Leon XIV called on Sunday “those with the power to start wars” to “choose peace” and denounced “indifference” towards the thousands of deaths during his traditional Easter Day blessing.
– Oman says it discussed the Strait of Hormuz with Iran Oman stated on Sunday that it had discussed with Iran the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global oil supply, as reported by the official news agency of the Sultanate.
– Deaths in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon Seven people, including six members of a family, were killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday in Kfar Hatta, located more than 40 km from the border with Israel in southern Lebanon, according to a source from the Civil Defense to AFP.
Later, at least four people were killed and 39 injured in an Israeli strike on Sunday in southern Beirut, about 100 meters from a hospital, announced the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The strike took place near the Rafic Hariri hospital, the largest public medical facility in Lebanon, in the Jnah neighborhood.
– Five Iranian Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli-American strikes American-Israeli strikes killed five members of the Revolutionary Guards on Sunday in the northwest of the country, as reported by the official Irna news agency, echoing a statement from the Guards of the Ardabil province.
– Five killed in Iran during the rescue of the American pilot Strikes killed five people in southwest Iran Saturday night to Sunday, according to an Iranian media outlet, during the operation led by the United States to find the missing American aviator after his aircraft crashed, which Tehran claims to have shot down.
– Two men hanged in Iran for links with Israel Iranian authorities hanged two men on Sunday who were convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the United States during the wave of anti-government demonstrations earlier in the year, announced the judiciary.
– American pilot “safe but seriously injured” The second American pilot whose combat aircraft crashed in Iran was rescued and is “safe,” announced Donald Trump on Sunday.
“We’ve got him! (…) I am delighted to inform you that he is now SAFE!” wrote the American president on his Truth Social network, adding that the military personnel was injured and that the rescue operation was “one of the boldest in U.S. history”.
Later, Donald Trump stated that the rescued aviator was “(…) seriously injured but extremely brave (…)”
Tehran claimed on Sunday that the United States had used an abandoned airport near Isfahan in the south of the country for their rescue operation of an aviator sought since his aircraft was shot down on Friday.
Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the Iranian armed forces command, spoke of an operation “planned as a (…) exfiltration mission at an abandoned airport in southern Isfahan,” during which, according to him, “two Black Hawk helicopters and two C-130 military transport planes” were “destroyed” by Americans.
American commandos penetrated deep into Iranian territory to rescue a crew member of the fighter jet shot down in Iran, as reported on Sunday by American media.
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