Middle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilot
Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait after US president says regime will face ‘all hell’ Search for missing US crew member of downed fighter jet enters second day Iran has rejected Donald Trump’s demand that the regime cut a deal in 48 hours or face “all hell”. On Saturday, the US president posted on social media: “Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” referring to an ultimatum issued on 26 March. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin N
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Iranian media has claims that a US aircraft was destroyed while searching for the crew member of a missing US F-15 fighter jet.
“An American enemy aircraft that was searching for the pilot of a downed fighter jet was destroyed by the fighters of Islam in the southern region of Isfahan,” the Tasnim news agency quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as saying. The Guardian was unable to verify their claim.
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