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WASHINGTON(National Times)- A day after the Iranian forces\u00a0downed<\/a>\u00a0multiple US aircraft, President Donald Trump renewed his threats against Tehran and asked it to \u201copen up\u201d the Strait of Hormuz, a vital trade route blockaded by Iran in response to the US-Israeli attacks, within 48 hours or face oblivion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new deadline came as Iran struck Israel multiple times on Saturday, including its defence ministry headquarters in central Tel Aviv, while also claiming that it deployed a new air defence system to deny the US-Israeli jets air superiority, as earlier claimed by President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the war entered its sixth week, the US president announced that he would \u201crain down hell\u201d on Iran if it did not open the vital strait within 48 hours. \u201cRemember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. \u201cTime is running out \u2014 48 hours before all Hell will reign [sic] down on them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Iran authorised the passage of vessels carrying essential goods to its ports through the Strait of Hormuz, while a second Turkish ship also sailed through the strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Reuters<\/em>, Trump has sent mixed messages since the conflict began with a US-Israeli bombardment<\/a> of Iran on Feb 28, switching between hinting at diplomatic progress to making threats to bomb the Islamic Republic \u201cback to the Stone Ages\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petrochemical sites targeted<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, Iran\u2019s petrochemical zone remained a target of the US-Israeli strikes. According to Iranian state media quoted by Reuters<\/em>, these air strikes injured five people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A projectile also hit an auxiliary building near the perimeter of Iran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear plant, Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency said, killing one person. The operations of the plant were unaffected and the plant remained safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Moscow called the strike \u201cevil\u201d, Russia\u2019s state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from the site on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, in evacuations already planned before the latest incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian top diplomat warned against these strikes, saying the fallout would not be confined to Iran only. \u201cIsrael-US have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran,\u201d Iran\u2019s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on \u2018X\u2019. Attacks on Iranian petrochemical facilities also reveal \u201creal objectives,\u201d Mr Araghchi tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A US-Israeli strike also hit a cement plant in southern Iran, AFP<\/em> said, adding that operations were not interrupted. \u201cThe Amer\u2013ican-Zionist attack against the cement plant of Bandar Khamir did not leave any casualties,\u201d said Tasnim<\/em> news agency, quoting Ahmad Nafisi, the Horm\u00adozgan province. According to AFP<\/em>, a US-Israeli strike hit a trade terminal at the Iran-Iraq border, killing one person. \u201cAt 11am, the commercial terminal of the Shalamcheh border crossing in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr was targeted in an air attack by American and Zionist enemies,\u201d Mehr<\/em> news agency said, citing the deputy governor for Khuzestan province, Valiollah Hayati. Subsequently, Iraq closed the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missiles land in Tel Aviv<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted various areas in Israel in a wave of missiles and drones. Israeli media reported that two warheads from an Iranian cluster missile landed near Israel\u2019s Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. The Guards also targeted US HIMARS rocket launcher batteries in Kuwait and Patriot missile batteries in Bahrain, according to a statement read on Iranian state TV. Shrapnel from intercepted drones injured four people in Bahrain, as per AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted an Israel-linked ship in the Gulf in a drone attack, setting it on fire, AFP<\/em> reports. On their Sepah News website, the Guards said they targeted MSC Ishyka, \u201cowned by the Israeli regime and flying the flag of a third country\u201d at the Khalifa Bin Salman port in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHO\u2019s regional director for Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Balkhy said the fighting triggered one of the most \u201cfar-reaching crises\u201d in recent decades, resulting in over 3,300 deaths and 30,000 reported injuries. Over 4.3 million people have been displaced and 116 verified attacks on healthcare facilities have been reported. Iran\u2019s science minister Hossein Simai Sarraf during a visit to a university in northern Tehran said, \u201cTo date, more than 30 universities have been directly targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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