What is the story about?
Iran has thanked India again for providing aid amid the middle east conflict as the country fights a joint US-Israel war, first began on February 28. The
Iran embassy in India took to X, formerly Twitter, and said, "Thank you India, will never forget your kindness, humanity." India has played the role of big brother during other nations troubled time by sending medical and essential goods aid in the recent times. The government of India has extended a helping hand to its neighbours and even distant nations including Ukraine by sending essential goods and medicines, following its policy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam --- which means the world is one family. Follow Middle East conflict live update here
Iran Says Hospital Struck During Conflict
As the war continues, Iran said that, in addition to attack on Natanz nuclear facility, US-Israeli strikes also hit a hospital in Andimeshk. The Health Ministry reported patients and doctors were evacuated to another city.
Iran's death toll in the war surpassed 1,500 on Saturday, state media reported, citing the ministry. In Israel, 15 people have been killed by Iranian strikes. More than a dozen civilians in the occupied West Bank and Gulf Arab states have been killed in strikes.
The war has also seen noncombat-related accidents, including a US refueling plane crash in Iraq that killed six US service members and a Qatari military helicopter crash on Saturday blamed on a technical malfunction. All seven aboard were killed, Qatari authorities said Sunday.
Iran threatens Trump
In latest escalation on Sunday, Iran responded to Trump's threat over its Strait of Hormuz closure. Iran has practically closed the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint connecting the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world through which roughly one-fifth of the world's supply passes.
Attacks on ships and threats of further strikes have stopped nearly all tankers from navigating the strait, compelling some of the world's largest oil producers to make cuts because their crude has nowhere to go.
The blockade is a liability for both the US and its allies in Europe and Asia, who rely heavily on the Persian Gulf supply to meet energy demand and power factories, vehicles and homes. The U.S. lifted some sanctions on Iranian oil at sea to relieve pressure on energy prices.
Trump said if Iran didn't open the strait, the US would destroy its “various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!”
The Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, responded Sunday on X that if Iran's power plants and infrastructure are targeted, then vital infrastructure across the region — including energy and desalination facilities — would be considered legitimate targets and “irreversibly destroyed.”
With inputs from AP
