Trump issues new threat to Iran's civilian infrastructure if ceasefire not reached 'shortly'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump issued a caller menace Monday to Iran's civilian infrastructure, including desalination plants, unless a ceasefire is reached “shortly.”

Trump said connected societal media that his medication “is successful superior discussions” with Iran to extremity subject operations, but helium threatened wide demolition of the country’s vigor resources if a woody does not materialize soon.

He wrote: “Great advancement has been made but, if for immoderate crushed a woody is not soon reached, which it astir apt volition be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not instantly ‘Open for Business,’ we volition reason our beauteous ‘stay’ successful Iran by blowing up and wholly obliterating each of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and perchance each desalinization plants!)"

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said helium wanted to instrumentality Iran’s lipid and suggested American troops could prehend the country’s Kharg Island export hub, adjacent arsenic helium added successful comments published Monday that a woody with Tehran to extremity the warfare “could beryllium made reasonably quickly.”

On the ground, the warfare showed nary motion of letting up: Tehran struck a cardinal h2o and electrical works successful Kuwait, and an lipid refinery successful Israel came nether attack. Israel and the U.S. launched a caller question of strikes connected Iran.

Trump’s comments successful an interrogation with the Financial Times item however helium has repeatedly said that talks with Iran are ongoing — and adjacent going good — though Tehran denies negotiating directly. But astatine the aforesaid time, helium has continually ramped up his threats, arsenic thousands much Marines and different U.S. troops determination into the Middle East.

It remains unclear wherever the diplomatic effort facilitated by Pakistan stands. Iran’s attacks connected its Gulf neighbors could adhd different constituent of uncertainty to immoderate talks. The United Arab Emirates — which has agelong billed itself arsenic a beacon of information and stableness successful a volatile portion — has been hard deed successful the war, and progressively is signaling it wants Iran disarmed successful immoderate ceasefire. Iran’s theocracy apt won’t judge that.

Trump says diplomacy is going good but suggests subject enlargement is possible

In the interrogation with the FT, Trump said his penchant would beryllium to “take the lipid successful Iran” — a determination that would necessitate seizing Kharg Island — the terminal done which astir each of Iran’s lipid exports pass.

“Maybe we instrumentality Kharg Island, possibly we don’t,” helium continued. “We person a batch of options.”

Also successful the interview, Trump said that the U.S. had astir 3,000 targets that it would inactive similar to deed successful Iran, but adding: “A woody could beryllium made reasonably quickly.”

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One precocious Sunday that the U.S. was negotiating “directly and indirectly” with Iran.

“We’re doing highly good successful that dialog but you ne'er cognize with Iran due to the fact that we negociate with them and past we ever person to stroke them up,” Trump said.

Twice during Trump’s 2nd term, the U.S. has attacked Iran portion successful the mediate of negotiations, erstwhile with the strikes connected Feb. 28 that started the existent warfare and besides successful June.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei connected Monday acknowledged Tehran had been fixed a 15-point connection from the Trump administration, but said determination had been nary nonstop negotiations with Washington truthful far.

Earlier, Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, dismissed the talks successful Pakistan arsenic a screen to get much U.S. troops into the area. He said Iranian forces were “waiting for the accomplishment of American troops connected the crushed to acceptable them connected occurrence and punish their determination partners forever,” according to authorities media.

The U.S. already launched airstrikes erstwhile that targeted subject positions connected Kharg. Iran has threatened to motorboat its ain crushed penetration of Gulf Arab countries and excavation the Persian Gulf if U.S. troops onshore connected its territory.

To get an amphibious penetration unit to Kharg would mean transiting the Strait of Hormuz and astir of the Persian Gulf. Experts accidental that holding the land would besides beryllium a challenge, due to the fact that successful summation to its missiles and drones, it would beryllium good wrong artillery scope from the Iranian mainland.

Iran launches attacks connected Israel and hits much infrastructure targets successful Gulf states

Sirens sounded astatine dawn adjacent Israel's main atomic probe center, a portion of the state that has been targeted repeatedly successful caller days. Israel's subject besides said it had taken retired 2 drones launched from Yemen, wherever the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the warfare connected Saturday with their archetypal rocket attack.

Later, a occurrence broke retired astatine an lipid refinery successful the bluish metropolis of Haifa, 1 of lone 2 successful Israel, either from a rocket onslaught oregon from debris falling from an interception. The blaze was rapidly extinguished.

Iran kept up the unit connected its Gulf Arab neighbors, arsenic Saudi Arabia intercepted 5 missiles targeting its oil-rich Eastern province, Bahrain sounded a rocket alert, and a fireball erupted implicit Dubai arsenic an incoming rocket was taken retired by defenses.

In Kuwait, an Iranian onslaught deed a powerfulness and desalination plant, sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic and injuring 10 soldiers, the state-run KUNA quality bureau reported.

Desalination plants are important to h2o supplies successful the Gulf Arab states, and an Iranian onslaught antecedently damaged a desalination works successful Bahrain during the war. The facilities are typically paired with powerfulness plants, due to the fact that of the ample magnitude of vigor required to region brackish from the h2o to marque it drinkable.

Israel’s subject launched a caller question of attacks connected Iran, saying it was striking “military infrastructure” crossed Tehran, and explosions were heard successful the Iranian capital. Iranian authorities media reported a petrochemicals works successful Tabriz, successful the north, sustained harm aft an airstrike and firefighters had to enactment retired a blaze.

Iran confirmed connected Monday that the caput of the Revolutionary Guard’s navy, Rear Adm. Alireza Tangsiri, had been killed successful an Israeli airstrike, arsenic Israel claimed past week.

In Lebanon, which Israel has invaded by ground, an Indonesian peacekeeper was killed and 3 others were wounded erstwhile a projectile exploded adjacent a colony successful the south.

Over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the subject volition widen its invasion, expanding the “existing information strip” successful that country’s southbound arsenic it targets the Iran-linked Hezbollah militant group.

Meanwhile, Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes progressive successful the Iran war, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Monday. Spain had already said the U.S. could not usage jointly operated subject bases successful the state for operations related to the conflict.

Spain’s authorities nether Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been Europe’s astir captious dependable of U.S. and Israeli subject actions successful the Middle East.

Oil prices emergence again arsenic concerns of planetary vigor situation grow

Iran's attacks connected the vigor infrastructure of the portion and its stranglehold connected the Strait of Hormuz, done which a 5th of the world's lipid is shipped successful peacetime, has sent lipid prices skyrocketing and fixed emergence to increasing concerns astir a planetary vigor crisis.

In aboriginal trading, the spot terms of Brent crude oil, the planetary standard, was astir $115, up astir 60% from erstwhile the U.S. and Israel started the warfare with attacks connected Iran connected Feb. 28.

As unit has grown connected Trump to bring an extremity to the conflict, the U.S. has presented Iran a 15-point program that includes it agreeing to unfastened the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Iran, meantime, has produced a five-point program with its ain terms, including maintaining its sovereignty implicit the cardinal waterway.

Pakistan announced Sunday that it would soon big talks betwixt the U.S. and Iran, though determination was nary contiguous connection from Washington oregon Tehran, and it was unclear whether discussions connected the monthlong warfare would beryllium nonstop oregon indirect.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar the talks would beryllium held "in the coming days.”

Death toll climbs

In Iran, authorities accidental much than 1,900 radical person been killed, portion 19 person been reported dormant successful Israel.

In Lebanon, officials said much than 1,200 radical person been killed, including 12 soldiers, and much than 1 cardinal person been displaced. Israel announced Monday that different of its soldiers had been killed there, the sixth during the war.

In Iraq, wherever Iranian-supported militia groups person entered the conflict, 80 members of the information forces person died.

In Gulf states, 20 radical person been killed. Four person been killed successful the occupied West Bank.

Thirteen U.S. work members person been killed successful the war.

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Rising reported from Bangkok. Associated Press writers Darlene Superville aboard Air Force One, Melanie Lidman, Tel Aviv, Israel, Giovanna Dell'Orto successful Miami, Florida and Munir Ahmed successful Islamabad contributed to this story.

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