Utter Frustration has caught up arguably the world's most powerful President. In a social media post, Trump says: “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell".
As expected; Iran’s parliament speaker responded with a warning that the US president’s “reckless moves” would mean “our whole region is going to burn”.
The US president was sharply rebuked by US politicians, including Republican former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called on the administration to “intervene in Trump’s madness”.
He went onto say: the US President “has gone insane, and all of you are complicit”.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer wrote “the President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media”.
“He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better," he added.
Iran is asserting but apparently is worried because the US President has become unpredictable.
Amid all these; there is an Indian angle. It is too early to say that the pin-hole of hope goes via New Delhi.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi spoke to External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Sunday, as diplomatic outreach intensified alongside sharply escalating rhetoric from Washington.
“Received a call from Foreign Minister Araghchi of Iran. Discussed the present situation,” Jaishankar posted on X, marking their sixth conversation since the outbreak of the West Asia conflict on February 28.
The Iranian Embassy in New Delhi said the two sides discussed “bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments,” underscoring continued engagements.
Trump also added a threat:
“If they don’t make a deal, and fast, I’m considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil.”
The parallel tracks, intensifying diplomacy and escalating US pressure, are widely seen as the uncertain trajectory of the conflict.
In a sign of broader regional consultations, Dr Jaishankar held talks with Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on the evolving situation in the region.
Jaishankar also spoke with his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
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On Sunday, Iran said it struck a petrochemicals complex in Bahrain. Video footage showed thick black smoke rising from the site.
The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a number of its facilities had been targeted by Iranian drone attacks, resulting in fires and “significant material losses”.
Israel has launched deadly airstrikes on Lebanon and Gaza as its assault on both countries continues. An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon’s Kfar Hatta killed at least seven people, including a four-year-old girl, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.
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