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Bahrain will not take part in the talks scheduled for Monday in Oman between Iran and the Gulf states regarding the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed by Tehran for over six months. The kingdom’s Foreign Ministry announced this in a statement. Bahrain “will not take part in any collective meeting in which Iran is present until diplomatic relations between the two countries have been restored”, the ministry stated, adding that the passage of ships through the Strait must be guaranteed “without discrimination, fees or authorisations”.

Apregnant womanhas died from injuries sustained after being shot by Israeli forces three days ago in the south ofKhan Younis, in theGaza Strip. This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa. According to data from UN Women cited by the same source, as reported byAl Jazeera, the war in Gaza has killed more than 38,000 women and girls, whilst a further 11,000 have suffered injuries that will result in permanent disabilities. Meanwhile, according to medical sources, the number of miscarriages in the Strip is on the rise.

In the face of the daily toll of deaths and injuries, the words of the President of the United States ring hollow:Donald Trump: ‘We’ve put out the fire and brought all the hostages back. Very little is happening in Gaza at the moment,’ Trump said whilst speaking to journalists in Ireland. ‘It’s incredible. The parents of the hostages who died knew they were dead. They wanted their sons or daughters back, and in the end we brought them all home,” he added. “If you lookat Gaza, a lot of good relationships are being forged right now.I think we’ve done a brilliant job,” concluded Trump, describing US efforts in the Strip as “extraordinary”.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met the President of the United Arab Emirates, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi. This was reported by the Iranian broadcaster Press TV.

Un combattente Houthi trasporta un finto missile mentre marcia durante una campagna di mobilitazione per arruolare altri combattenti di fronte all’escalation dei combattimenti, a Sana’a, Yemen EPA

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Russia will increase the number of its specialists at the Iranian nuclear power station in Bushehr to around 150 from next week. This was announced in New Delhi by Rosatom’s Director General, Alexey Likhachev. “There are currently 47; by next week we will already have reached 150,” he told journalists. Rosatom is building two new reactors at Bushehr and had evacuated hundreds of staff following the outbreak of the war between the United States, Israel and Iran on 28 February.

Iran is believed to be behind the air strike against Saudi Arabia that blocked its East-West oil pipeline, one of the kingdom’s main routes for exporting crude oil, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. This is what US President Donald Trump stated in Dublin, as reported by the international media. “I think they are, they probably are,” Trump told reporters when asked whether Iran was responsible for the attack on the vital oil pipeline.

Iran is “probably” responsible for the attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline. This was stated by US President Donald Trump at a press conference in Dublin. When asked about Tehran’s possible involvement, Trump replied: “Probably yes”. Trump also stated that the pro-Iranian Houthis in Yemen, who have taken control of a strategic chokepoint between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, have asked the United States not to intervene. “We’ve had discussions. The Houthis have called us” and “they don’t want us to take it out on them”, said the US president. “They’re not looking forward to fighting us; they’re letting us know,” he added, describing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as a “good friend” and assuring that “everything will be fine”.

Saudi Arabia has stated that it has closed a major oil pipeline the day after a drone attack, whilst Yemen’s Houthi rebels – backed by Iran – have seized a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea; according to two officials, these events open up a new front in the conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Houthis have made their most significant territorial gains in recent years along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s major shipping lanes. These gains could bolster Iran’s strategy of driving up global oil and gas prices to put pressure on the United States. Saudi Arabia has announced that it has closed the East-West oil pipeline as a precautionary measure following the attack.

“Everything will be fine.” That was US President Donald Trump’s response to a question from journalists about the situation in Iran ahead of a meeting with the President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, at the Aras an Uachtarain presidential residence in Dublin.

Almost 50,000 people have fled due to the advance of Houthi forces in western Yemen, with entire villages evacuated and families trapped near the front line, whilst food supplies are running low. This was reported by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), whilst Djibouti’s Minister for the Economy and Finance, Ilyas Dawaleh, announced the arrival in the country of at least 500 Yemeni refugees. “The scale of displacement is rising rapidly,” said Joe Lowry, the IOM’s spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa, explaining that 46,000 people have been displaced in the governorates of Taiz and Hodeidah. “Civilians are bearing the brunt of the war on the front line, air raids, shelling and large-scale displacement,” said Lowry, speaking from Cairo, and explaining that the number of displaced people in Yemen is rising ‘by the hour’. Among the approximately 500 refugees from Yemen who have reached the coastal town of Obock in Djibouti are women and children, “rescued at sea from boats that had run out of fuel”, wrote Djibouti’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Ilyas Dawaleh, on X. Djiboutian authorities are carrying out rescue operations and providing emergency assistance, he added.

“I foresee enormous difficulties. Seizing Bab al-Mandab would mean cutting off Saudi Arabia as well, not just the Persian Gulf region, the Emirates and Qatar. It is therefore a very negative sign, which will further exacerbate the impact on prices.” This was stated by Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, in an interview with *La Stampa*, whilst discussing the critical issues arising from the blockade of the straits. On the subject of renewables, Pichetto emphasised that, in his view, “it is clear that we need to step up the pace. I am the first to have a stake in this: the more renewable energy we produce, the sooner we can influence prices and create a de facto decoupling within our electricity system. But the figures – he argues – show that we have stepped up a gear.” According to the minister, following the cut in excise duty on diesel, the government will be able to implement a series of “selective measures” to curb the surge in raw material prices, whilst safeguarding “the interests of the various sectors”. “We are working on various scenarios,” explains Pichetto, pointing out, however, that “we must be honest: our budgetary situation does not allow us to proceed with a one-size-fits-all approach.” Finally, on the subject of nuclear power – for which the implementing decrees will be seen by the end of the year – Pichetto concludes: “It is something that needs to be done properly, but from an operational point of view, it concerns the next decade.”

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a surprise visit this morning to the town of Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, near a strategic Hezbollah position destroyed by Israeli forces. This was reported by state media. The visit comes the day after a US State Department official announced that the next r