Top updates: Iran rejects Trump’s ultimatum, fire at Kuwaiti oil complex after drone attack
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The Iranian military on Saturday rejected United States President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy the country’s critical infrastructure if it does not accept a peace deal or reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, AFP reported.
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Here are more top updates from the conflict in West Asia:
- General Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, in a statement from the Iranian military’s central command, described Trump’s threat as a “helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action”.
- Aliabadi was reacting to Trump’s comment on Saturday that time was running out for Tehran and that if it did not make a deal within two days, “all hell will [rain] down on them”. The US president had on March 26 said he would pause attacks on Iranian energy facilities for 10 days and had claimed that talks with Tehran were going “very well”.
- A fire broke out at Kuwait’s Shuwaikh oil sector complex, which includes the country’s oil ministry and the headquarters of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, on Saturday after it was hit in a drone attack, Reuters reported. No injuries had been reported and emergency services were trying to douse the fire.
- The ministries complex in Kuwait city had also sustained “material damage” after a drone strike, the country’s finance ministry said on Sunday. No injuries had been reported.
- The Iranian and United States forces...