Trump threatens power plants and bridges in Iran: 'Open the Straits, you bastards'. The response: 'Drag the US into hell'

"Happy Easter, America. While you go to church and celebrate with friends and family, the President of the United States is raving like a deranged lunatic on social media." This is what Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer writes in a post on X. Trump "threatens possible war crimes and alienates allies. That is who he is, but that is not who we are. Our country deserves much better,' the New York senator added, attaching a photo of the tycoon's post in which he threatens to strike power plants and bridges in Iran if Tehran does not sign an agreement or open the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump confirms that tomorrow, at 1pm local time (7pm in Italia), he will hold 'a press conference, together with top military leaders, in the Oval Office', dedicated to the delicate mission that led to the rescue of the crew of two servicemen of the F-15E that was shot down in Iran on Friday. "We rescued from the depths of the mountains of Iran an F-15 crewmember/officer who was seriously injured and proved to be very brave. The Iranian Armed Forces were searching for him intensively and in great numbers, closing the circle around him. This is a Colonel of high prestige,' Trump wrote, in a post on Truth. "Such a raid is very rarely attempted, because of the risks to 'men and means'. It is simply an event that almost never happens! This second raid followed the first, in which we rescued the pilot in broad daylight - also an unusual circumstance - and spent seven hours in the skies over Iran. An INCREDIBLE display of courage and skill on everyone's part! I will hold a press conference, along with the military leadership, in the Oval Office on Monday at 1 p.m. God bless our great WARRIORS of the Armed Forces!" the tycoon concluded.

Moscow calls on the US to "abandon the language of ultimatums" to facilitate a "return to negotiations". Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said this in a phone call with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi. "The Russian side expressed hope that the efforts undertaken by several countries to ease tensions would be successful, which would be facilitated by the US abandoning the language of ultimatums and returning to negotiations," he said. The two also called for an end to 'reckless and illegal attacks against civilian infrastructure', including the Bushehr power plant, where Russian employees work.

Tehran warns Donald Trump after the US president's latest threats to energy infrastructure and bridges if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday. "Your reckless moves are dragging the US into a living hell for every single family, and our entire region will burn because you insist on following Netanyahu's orders. Make no mistake: you will achieve nothing by committing war crimes," wrote Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on X. "The only real solution is to respect the rights of the Iranian people and end this dangerous game." (ANSA).

"The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until a new legal framework is established, where part of the transit revenue will have to compensate for all the losses suffered due to the war". Seyyed Mahdi Tabatabaei, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's communications chief, wrote this on social media. Speaking about Donald Trump's latest threats, he added that the US president 'resorted to obscenities and nonsense out of sheer desperation and anger'.

The economic effects of the war against Iran 'on the Italian economy will be greater than in other countries, not least because we have less room for fiscal manoeuvre and one of the lowest tendential growth rates. It is quicker for us to reach zero growth'. Thus in an interview Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, president of Société générale and former member of the ECB executive board between 2005 and 2011. 'Italia,' he explains, 'has not made investments in renewables in recent years, like other northern European countries and Spain. The Green deal has not been fully implemented because it was too expensive. We have not made the necessary investments to diversify energy sources. Russian gas has been replaced with Algerian gas or lng imported from Qatar. We are thus the most gas-dependent country'. As a result, he notes, 'the impact on the Italian economy will be greater than other countries, not least because we have less room for fiscal manoeuvre and one of the lowest tendential growth rates. It is quicker for us to achieve zero growth'.

The US attempted to send weapons to Iranian protesters 'via the Kurds'. This is what US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News. The tycoon added that, earlier this year, Washington tried to complete the mission of providing weapons to Iranian protesters 'via the Kurds', but that, in his view, those weapons never reached the protesters. "We sent them a lot of weapons; we sent them through the Kurds," Trump said, without providing further details as to whom exactly he was referring to, but pointing out that he believed that "the Kurds" held the weapons.

US President Donald Trump described the rescue of the US co-pilot, part of the crew of the F-15E shot down in Iran on Friday, as an 'Easter miracle', based on the success of the high-risk mission behind enemy lines. "The rescue was an Easter miracle. The enemy was numerous and violent. The rescuers were brilliant, strong, decisive and kept absolute cool,' Trump said, in an interview with Nbc News. 'Such a rescue had never happened before in such hostile enemy territory. It's usually not even attempted, because it's considered unfeasible,' the tycoon noted. US forces had already recovered the first pilot, while the co-pilot remained missing in a mountainous area as Iranian forces pounded the area in force.

"I think we will be able to have an agreement by tomorrow". This was said by US President Donald Trump, according to Fox News, to whom he reported that negotiations are ongoing.

Pro-Iranian armed groups conducted two attacks on US diplomatic premises in Iraq overnight. The US Embassy in Baghdad reported this in a note. "Iraqi terrorist militias affiliated with Iran carried out two more serious attacks against US diplomatic facilities in Iraq overnight in an attempt to kill US diplomats," an embassy spokesman said.

Donald Trump threatens to strike "Tuesday" at power plants and bridges in Iran if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz. "Tuesday in Iran will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all in one. There will be no such thing!!! Open the damn Strait, you crazy bastards, or you will live in hell - SEE IT! Praise be to Allah,' he wrote on social Truth. Yesterday, the US president had given Iran 48 hours to make 'a deal or open Hormuz'.

Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia has provided Iran with information with satellite locations on more than 50 Israeli energy sites. "Russia is helping Iran to launch attacks. This is civilian infrastructure with no military purpose," the Ukrainian president wrote on Telegram. "This reminds us of life under Russian bombardment in Ukraine , when they target our power grid or water supply systems," he added. Since joint US-Israeli operations against Iran began on 28 February, Ukraine has repeatedly stated that Russia is sharing intelligence information with Iran. On 23 March, Zelensky said, citing data from Ukrainian military intelligence, that Ukraine has 'irrefutable evidence' that Russia is providing information to Tehran.

"We rescued the seriously injured and very brave F-15 crew member/officer from the depths of the mountains of Iran. The Iranian army was looking for him persistently, in large numbers, and was closing in. He is a highly respected colonel'. US President Donald Trump writes this on his social Truth.

Five people were killed overnight in southwestern Iran in attacks conducted while US operations were underway to recover the second crew member of the downed F-15 fighter jet. This was reported by the Tasnim news agency, citing local official Iraj Kazemijou. "Five people were killed in last night's attack in the Kouh-e Siah area" in the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, the official said, pointing out that the raids occurred while the US was searching for "the pilot or pilots" of the downed aircraft.

The Lebanese state-run National News Agency, quoted by Al-Jazeera, reports that an Israeli air raid on Kfar Hatta, in the southern Lebanese province of Sidon, resulted in the death of seven people. Among them, NNA points out, was a four-year-old girl.

Oman has announced that it has discussed with Iran the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. This was reported by the sultanate's official news agency. The meeting involved members of the two countries' foreign ministries, who presented possible options for the reopening of the passage, according to a publication of the country's agency in X. Part of Oman's territory overlooks the strait, which has been closed by Tehran since the beginning of the Middle East conflict at the end of February.

The Tasnim news agency reported statements by the spokesman of Iran's central military command, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, that the American operation to rescue the missing pilot in Iran had 'completely failed'. The Iranian armed forces allegedly destroyed 'two C-130 military transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters' Zolfaghari himself described the mission, which according to US President Donald Trump was successful, as 'pretextual', and added that it was carried out via an 'abandoned airport' in the province of Isfahan.

"Unicef has received reports of mobilisation campaigns in Iran involving children, as well as children employed at checkpoints. We call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to end all forms of recruitment of children. The recruitment and use of children by armed forces or groups is a serious violation of children's rights'. Unicef writes this in X.

US special forces rescued the second pilot of the crew of the F-15E jet that was shot down over the skies of Iran on Friday. The news, reported by Axios, was later confirmed by Donald Trump, who watched the rescue operation from the White House Situation Room.

The Japanese company Mitsui OSK Lines said that the Indian-flagged LPG tanker Green Sanvi, owned by one of its subsidiaries, made the crossing of the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after being stranded in the Persian Gulf following the outbreak of war. This was reported by Al-Jazeera. It is the second Japanese ship to manage to cross the Strait since the start of the US and Israeli military operation against Tehran.

Il settore marittimo internazionale ha classificato lo stretto di Hormuz come "zona di operazioni belliche". L'Unione europea parla di situazione "estremamente preoccupante" per la sicurezza marittima e tiene in allerta le missioni navali, tra cui Aspides e Atalanta, mentre l'Iran rivendica il "controllo totale" dello stretto. X / The Maritime

'If the US gets three more victories like this, it will be completely ruined'. Thus, in a post on X, the President of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, posting a photo of what would be the wreckage of the plane hit by Iranian forces while flying over the skies of the southern region of Isfahan in search of the missing US pilot, whose rescue was announced today by US President Donald Trump.

The US aircraft that Tehran's armed forces claim to have destroyed while the operation to recover the US co-pilot who had been missing on Iranian territory since Friday 'is a C-130', the Fars agency reports. C-130 Hercules class aircraft are classified by the US military as military transport aircraft. Another Iranian media outlet, the Tasnim agency, adds that in addition to the C-130, 'a refuelling aircraft and a drone' were also destroyed. In reconstructing the operation to recover the pilot, the New York Times reported that two transport planes that were supposed to fly the American troops involved in the raid to safety became stranded in a remote area in Iran. At that point, three more aircraft were sent to retrieve the military personnel, while the two that had become stranded 'were blown up' to prevent them from falling into enemy hands.

Five members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (Pasdaran) were killed and a sixth wounded in raids attributed to Israel and the United States in the Moghan area, located in the northwestern province of Ardebil, on the border with Azerbaijan, the Irna news agency reported, citing a communiqué from the Pasdaran provincial base.

A series of Iranian attacks caused damage to energy infrastructure in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, according to local authorities, who report fires now under control and no injuries. In Manama, the capital of Bahrain, the state-owned oil company Bapco Energies confirmed that an Iranian drone hit one of its storage facilities, causing a tank fire. The fire has been 'completely extinguished' and the situation is 'under control', Bapco said. In the United Arab Emirates, authorities in Abu Dhabi reported fires at the Borouge petrochemical plant, caused by falling debris after intercepting missiles and drones launched from Iran. "Authorities are taking action on several fires caused by falling debris following successful interception of air defence systems," the emirate's media office said. Operations at the facility were immediately suspended to allow for damage assessment. Again, no injuries were reported.

A laser and plasma research centre in Tehran was severely damaged after an airstrike on Friday. The centre is part of the prestigious Shahid Beheshti University in Iran.

Bahrain's al-Khaleej Petrochemical Industries Company announced that several of its operating units were subject to an attack by Iranian drones. This was reported by Al-Jazeera. According to the Bahraini news agency BNA, the attack caused a fire in the affected units, which was subsequently tamed and extinguished. No casualties are reported, while specialised teams are currently working to conduct a full assessment and inventory of the damage caused by the incident.

The death toll of attacks attributed to the US in the Iranian provinces of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad has risen to at least 9 dead and 8 wounded, raids that allegedly took place as part of the operation to rescue a US pilot reported missing after his plane was hit in the area. This was stated by Roghieh Panahi, director of the university of medical sciences in the provincial city of Yasouj. "The toll includes five dead and eight wounded in the Siah Kouh area of Kohgiluyeh city and four others killed during the same operation in the Vazag and Kakan areas near the city of Boyer-Ahmad in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province," Panahi added, quoted by Iranian state television.

Hezbollah claimed to have hit an Israeli military ship 68 nautical miles off the coast of the 'Land of the Cedars'. This was reported by Al-Jazeera. In a statement, Hezbollah said that the vessel was preparing to launch 'attacks against Lebanese territory'. A cruise missile would have been used in the attack, which would have hit the target in full, the Lebanese organisation finally emphasised. In response to the communiqué, the Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) stated that it was "not aware" of an incident claimed by Hezbollah, and that "a direct impact has been confirmed": the Times of Israel reported.

The Israeli Air Force struck over 120 targets in central and western Iran in the past 24 hours. The IDF reported this on X, pointing out that the targets included ballistic missile launch sites, drone production and launch sites, as well as air defence positions.

Two men accused of links to Israel in the context of protests in Iran in January have been mandated to death, the judiciary announced. "Mohammad-Amin Biglari and Shahin Vahedparast were hanged after their case was reviewed and the final verdict was upheld by the Supreme Court," Mizan Online reported. Both convicts had been accused of "attacking a building, classified as a military centre, collaborating in damaging it and setting it on fire", as well as "trying to reach weapons stored there", the Iranian judiciary explained in a statement, adding that the incident dates back to 8 January. According to the Iranian judiciary, these actions are evidence of tie-ups with Israel. The two convicts allegedly confessed to 'their crimes and their goal of overthrowing the Islamic Republic'.

During the night, several attacks took place against Kuwait. This was reported by Al-Jazeera, quoting local authorities as saying that two power generation and water desalination plants were attacked by drones. The attacks reportedly caused 'significant damage'. In another attack, as stated by Kuwait's Ministry of Finance, the same ministry's complex in Kuwait City, the country's capital, was targeted by an Iranian drone, causing 'significant damage'. Finally, the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation reported that a fire broke out in the Shuwaikh oil complex, also as a result of a drone attack.

According to the New York Times, the rescue of the missing US co-pilot from Iran was a race against time between US and Iranian forces that lasted for two days: US commandos recovered the soldier thanks to a massive operation involving hundreds of special forces soldiers. There were no casualties among the US ranks within the rescue team, a senior Pentagon military officer said. The rescue planes landed in Kuwait to provide necessary treatment to the wounded but safe officer. Locating the downed airman, who had been hiding with little more than a gun at his disposal for his own defence, has been the top priority for the US military over the past 48 hours: an operation with hundreds of Special Forces soldiers, dozens of fighter planes and helicopters, as well as cyber, space and intelligence capabilities has been carried out. Attack aircraft dropped bombs and opened fire on Iranian convoys to keep them away from the area where the airman was hiding.

"WE HAVE RECOVERED HIM! My fellow Americans, in the last few hours the United States Armed Forces have completed one of the most audacious search and rescue operations in US history, on behalf of one of our incredible Crew Officers - who is also a highly prestigious Colonel - and who I am thrilled to be able to announce is now HEALTHY AND SAFE!" So wrote Donald Trump on Truth, in a post dedicated to the rescue of the second component of the F-15E that was shot down in Iran on Friday.

US President Donald Trump and senior members of his staff followed the rescue operations of the second crew member of the F-15E shot down in Iran on Friday from the White House Situation Room. This was reported by Axios, based on official US sources.

US special forces have recovered the second missing pilot in Iran after the F-15E was shot down on Friday. This was reported by Axios, citing official US sources. According to two sources, both the pilot and the weapons systems officer managed to make contact via their communication systems soon after they catapulted out of the aircraft. One of the US officials said that the operation was conducted by a specialised commando unit, supported by a massive air cover device, and that all forces involved had now left Iranian territory. US special forces were deployed on the ground in Iran both Friday and yesterday, as part of the search and rescue mission. Yesterday, Axios reported, the missing serviceman was located and the rescue operation was triggered: at the same time, the Pasdaran sent their own forces into the region in an attempt to thwart the operation. According to sources, US Air Force fighter jets conducted attacks against Iranian forces to prevent them from reaching the area. During the pilot rescue operation on Friday, Iranian forces hit a Blackhawk helicopter taking part in the mission. The crew members sustained injuries, but the helicopter managed to continue its flight.