Iran rejects Trump’s ultimatum and launches new strikes US fighter jet crashes over Kuwait
Iran has rejected an ultimatum by US President Donald Trump to lay down its weapons as violence continues to escalate across the Middle East.
Trump told Iran’s leaders to give up the fight, which has exploded across the Middle East, with missiles raining down on Israel, Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE, and on American military bases in the region.
But Iranian national security official Ali Larijani confirmed the country will not negotiate with the US.
Israel launched strikes on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after the militant group Hezbollah fired missiles across the border as a fighter jet crashed over Kuwait near a US military base. early this morning.
It is not known whether the jet was sh0t down by an Iranian missile, hit by friendly US air defence rockets, or suffered a technical malfunction.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 31 people were k!lled in the strikes, which followed the US and Israel pounding targets across Iran on Sunday as part of an intensifying military campaign, which followed the k!ling of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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