Middle East war: Iran criticizes Trump – “You have suffered defeat”

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Iran to Trump: “You have suffered defeats”

Iran is in dispute with Qatar over missing pilots. An Iranian official demands that Trump “accept defeat.” All developments in the news blog.

The Iran has Trump’s demands on the Strait of Hormuz rejected in clear terms. Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on X that Trump must accept reality. “Accept the reality once and for all: Up to now you have suffered strategic and severe defeats. As long as you do not accept the reality of defeat and give up your unrealistic delusions, Iran will continue to enforce the blockade,” he wrote.

Qatar has rejected Iran’s claim that it is holding pilots from the country prisoner. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid al-Ansari expressed surprise at the “misleading statements” at a time when diplomatic efforts were underway to de-escalate tensions in the region. Qatar mediates alongside Pakistan in the conflict between Iran and the USA.

On Saturday, Iranian media carried a statement from the head of the Missing Persons Committee at the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.

Iran has called for the release of three fighter pilots held in Oman. The three pilots were captured by Qatari soldiers after their fighter plane crashed in March, General Mohammed Baghersadeh said on Saturday, according to the Iranian Fars news agency.

The Iranian one air force attacked a US military base in Oman in March. According to Tehran, the body of a pilot killed in the operation was handed over to Iran at the end of July. The three other fighter pilots were officially missing. In a letter to the Red Cross, Baghersadeh called for the pilots’ release and complained that they had not been allowed to contact their families or the Iranian authorities.

Qatar has since rejected the accusation of detaining Iranian pilots. The Qatari Foreign Ministry explains on X that they violated Qatari airspace at the beginning of the year and did not respond to attempts to contact them. Search and rescue teams later found the remains of one of the pilots. Iran has been contacted to coordinate the handover. The spokesman said Tehran had not yet responded to a request to review details of its operations.

According to the Ministry of Health in Beirut, at least nine people were killed and eleven others injured in two Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon. Two houses on the outskirts of the cities of Ansar and Deir al-Sahrani were hit. According to official figures, nine people were killed and two injured in the attack in Ansar. Two deaths and nine injuries were reported in Deir al-Sahrani.