After 36 days, the prospect of a quick resolution to the conflict in the Middle East remains out of reach. Demonstrations took place in Israel and Iraq on Saturday, April 4, to demand an end to hostilities: in Tel Aviv, over a thousand people protested against the war led by Israel against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, urging Israeli authorities to stop it, before being dispersed by the police. In Iraq, tens of thousands of supporters of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad and across the country to condemn Israel and the United States, whose joint operations against Iran on February 28 marked the beginning of the conflict in the Middle East, which is now in its sixth week. Here are the key details to remember.
Approaching the end of his ultimatum, Donald Trump threatens to “unleash hell” on Iran. On March 26, the American president announced the suspension of strikes on Iranian power plants until “Monday, April 6 at 8:00 p.m. Washington time,” pending an agreement on hostilities and a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. If he had already postponed a previous ultimatum, the president escalated the pressure in a message published on his Truth Social network on Saturday. “Time is running out,” he emphasized, having given Iran “ten days to reach an agreement or reopen the Strait of Hormuz.” “48 hours remain before unleashing hell on [Iran],” he wrote. “Glory to God!,” he added, concluding the message on Easter weekend.
Shortly after this menacing message, Iranian authorities responded through the voice of the chief of the Iranian armed forces command. “The aggressive and war-mongering American president, after suffering successive defeats, has powerlessly, unstably, nervously, and stupidly threatened the infrastructure and property of Iran,” said General Ali Abdollahi, quoted by the state television on Telegram.
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