Here are the latest events related to the 37th day of the war in the Middle East on Sunday, entering its sixth week since the American-Israeli attack on Iran launched on February 28:
– “Good chances” for an agreement with Iran on Monday, says Trump Donald Trump estimated on Sunday that there were “good chances” of reaching an agreement with Iran on Monday, the deadline for his ultimatum to Tehran.
Without an agreement, “you will see bridges and power plants collapsing across the country,” he threatened again.
“Open the damn Strait, you bastards, or you will live in Hell – YOU WILL SEE!”, Donald Trump had previously written on his Truth Social network, adding, “Glory to Allah.”
– Repairs to energy facilities 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 (an OPEC ally) and Saudi Arabia (an OPEC member), several Gulf states affected by Iranian retaliatory airstrikes are participating in this meeting, the date of which was known.
– Israeli-American strikes on an airport in southwestern Iran The Artyr (Qassem) Soleimani International Airport in southwestern Iran was targeted on Sunday by Israeli-American strikes, announced Irna agency.
– Pro-Iranian groups attacked American diplomatic facilities in Iraq Armed pro-Iranian Iraqi factions attacked two American diplomatic facilities in Iraq from Saturday night to Sunday, as reported by the US Embassy in Baghdad.
– Israel threatens to “paralyze” Iran Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Sunday to “paralyze” the Iranian regime 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.
– Pope calls for peace and denounces “indifference” Pope Leon XIV called on Sunday “those who have the power to start wars” to “choose peace” and denounced “indifference” in the face of thousands of deaths during his traditional Easter blessing.
– Oman says to have discussed the Strait of Hormuz with Iran Oman claimed on Sunday to have discussed with Iran the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global oil supplies, as reported by the official news agency of the Sultanate.
The meeting brought together diplomats from both countries who presented “possible options” for reopening the passage.
– Deaths in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon Seven people, including six members of one family, were killed in an Israeli strike on Kfar Hatta on Sunday, over 40 km from the border with Israel in southern Lebanon, according to a source from the Lebanese civil defense to AFP.
Later on, at least four people were killed and 39 injured in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut on Sunday, about 100 meters from a hospital, announced the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The strike occurred near the Rafic Hariri Hospital, the largest public medical facility in Lebanon, in the Jnah district.
– Five Iranian Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli-American strikes American-Israeli strikes killed five members of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, in the northwest of the country on Sunday, 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 southwestern Iran from Saturday night to Sunday, during the operation carried out by the United States to rescue the missing American aviator after his plane crashed, which Tehran claims to have shot down.
– Two men hanged in Iran for ties with Israel Iranian authorities hanged two men on Sunday convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the United States during the early year wave of anti-government protests, announced the judiciary.
– American pilot “safe” but “seriously injured” The second American pilot whose fighter jet crashed in Iran has been rescued and is “safe,” announced Donald Trump on Sunday.
“We got him! (…) I’m pleased to inform you that he is now SAFE!”. The president wrote on his Truth Social network, adding that the military personnel had been injured and the rescue operation was “one of the boldest in US history.”
Later on, Donald Trump claimed that the rescued aviator was “(…) seriously injured but extremely brave (…)”.
Tehran claimed on Sunday that the US 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, spokesman for the Iranian armed forces command, referred to an operation “planned as a mission […] of exfiltration to an abandoned airport in the south of Isfahan,” during which, according to him, “two Black Hawk helicopters and two American C-130 military transport planes were destroyed.”
American commandos penetrated deep into Iranian territory to rescue a crew member of the fighter-bomber shot down in Iran, as reported by American media on Sunday.
