Iran War: 6 Conditions & Trump’s Hormuz Threat

“If Iran does not completely, without threat, open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours of this very moment, the United States will strike and annihilate its various power plants, starting with the largest!” It is Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Tehran entrusted to a post on Truth. The reply was not long in coming from Iran: “We will target all energy, IT and water desalination infrastructures belonging to the US and the regime.” The IDF has announced attacks on Tehran, while the United Arab Emirates are responding to missile launches by Iran.

The Rafah crossing reopened this morning in both directions to accommodate injured Palestinians and allow those stranded in Egypt to return to the Gaza Strip. This was announced by a source from the Egyptian Red Crescent, specifying that the medical teams are still waiting for the arrival of several injured people, according to established procedures. The source specified that dozens of ambulances are ready to transport the wounded and sick to Egyptian hospitals.
The crossing, closed since the beginning of the conflict in the Gulf, was reopened last Thursday and closed again on Friday and Saturday.

Iran has set six conditions to end the war with the United States and Israel: ensuring that the conflict does not happen again, closing US military bases in the region, paying compensation to Iran, ending the war against all Iranian-affiliated regional groups, implementing a new legal regime for the Strait of Hormuz, and prosecuting and extraditing anti-Iranian media workers. This was reported by the Tasnim agency, an emanation of the Pasdaran.

Eight overnight attacks targeted a U.S. diplomatic and logistics center at Baghdad International Airport. This was reported by an Iraqi security official, specifying that the attacks “launched until dawn with rockets and drones, targeted the US center”, and that “some rockets fell near the base”. A police source said a rocket launcher was found in a Baghdad neighborhood near the airport.

After Donald Trump’s ultimatum to the Islamic Republic (48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or Iranian power plants will be targeted), Iran’s Mehr news agency threatened that even a limited attack on Iran’s electricity infrastructure would plunge the entire region into darkness. This was reported by the London-based Iranian opposition media, Iran International. “Say goodbye to electricity,” the state-affiliated media outlet wrote, saying that “with the slightest attack” on the Islamic Republic’s energy infrastructure, “the entire region will be plunged into darkness.” Mehr also released a map of major power plants in Persian Gulf countries, including sites in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, saying that 70% to 80% of the region’s major power plants are built along the Persian Gulf coast and are within range of Iranian missiles.

The Japanese government is evaluating a possible deployment of its armed forces, the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), for mine clearance operations in the Strait of Hormuz, provided that a ceasefire is reached in the conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said this during an interview during a television programme, returning from Washington, where he was present at the Japan-US bilateral talks last Thursday at the White House. Japan is one of 22 countries that have said they are ready, in recent days, to commit to Hormuz after the truce. “Japanese demining technology is among the most advanced in the world. If there is a ceasefire and mines constitute an obstacle, we may have to evaluate this option,” Motegi said, referring to a possible dispatch of the SDF. The head of diplomacy in Tokyo also recalled how US President Donald Trump nodded when Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi illustrated the legal limits imposed by Japan on the sending of military ships, specifying that “no specific commitment” had been made.

175 people were injured last night in Iranian attacks on the southern Israeli cities of Dimona and Arad, 11 of them seriously, according to doctors, after Israeli air defense failed to intercept at least two ballistic missiles. The Israeli media reported it. Soroka Medical Center reported that 115 people were injured in Arad, including nine in serious condition. Among the injured was also a 5-year-old girl, writes the Times of Israel. In Dimona, however, 60 people were injured, including a 12-year-old boy in serious condition, adds Ynet.

AFP journalists heard several explosions in Jerusalem, after the Israeli army raised the alarm over Iranian missile launches towards central Israel. “At the moment there are no injuries reported,” said paramedics from Magen David Adom, Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross.

The United Arab Emirates has announced that it is responding to Iran’s launch of airstrikes. “The air defenses of the United Arab Emirates – explained the Ministry of Defense in a note – are responding to missile and drone threats arriving from Iran”. According to the spokesperson, three drones have currently been intercepted and destroyed in the eastern area of ​​the country.

The Iranian military has announced that it will target energy facilities and water desalination plants in the region if Donald Trump carries out threats to destroy Iranian power plants. “If Iran’s oil and energy infrastructures are attacked by the enemy – the spokesman for the army’s operational command, Khatam al-Anbiya, told Fars -, all energy, IT and water desalination infrastructures belonging to the US and the regime in the region will be targeted”.

Three ballistic missiles have been identified in the Riyadh area. This was announced by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense, explaining that “one missile was intercepted, while two others fell in an uninhabited area”.

In a short note released via the Telegram channel, the Israel Defense Forces announced that attacks were underway “against targets of the Iranian regime in the heart of Tehran”.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir held a meeting with senior officers following the impact of Iranian ballistic missiles on the southern cities of Dimona and Arad, and approved the attacks planned for tonight “on all fronts”. Zamir reportedly instructed officers to “continue to investigate incidents and draw lessons from them.” The Times of Israel reports it.