China, Russia FMs hold call on situation in Middle East

US President Donald Trump said he believes a deal with Iran could be reached by Monday and that negotiations are ongoing, in an interview with Fox News.

Trump added that he will take Iran’s oil if the Islamic Republic is unwilling to reach an agreement with the United States.

"If they don't make a deal and fast, I'm considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil", he said.

Israel’s military said it killed Mohammadreza Ashrafi, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official responsible for commercial affairs at its oil headquarters, in a strike in the Tehran on Friday.

"Ashrafi oversaw the commercial operations of the oil headquarters, activities worth billions of dollars annually that help expand the IRGC’s military capabilities and those of Iran’s proxy forces across the Middle East, including the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas," the military said in a statement

The strike follows the earlier killing of Jamshid Eshaghi, commander of the armed forces’ oil headquarters, the statement added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated US President Donald Trump on Sunday over the rescue of an American pilot, praising the operation as a “remarkable” success.

“All Israelis rejoice in this remarkable operation. It proves that when free societies act with courage and determination, they can overcome the forces of darkness and terror,” Netanyahu said on Sunday.

“This operation reinforces a sacred principle: no one is left behind,” Netanyahu said.

“We have rescued the seriously wounded, and really brave, F-15 crew member from deep inside the mountains of Iran,” US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday, adding that the operation involved two raids and lasted several hours.

“The second raid came after the first one, where we rescued the pilot in broad daylight… spending seven hours over Iran,” Trump said.

He said he would hold a news conference with military officials at the Oval Office on Monday at 1:00 p.m.

Tehran’s city council has approved a proposal to change the name of Argentina Square after Argentina designated the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization.

Mehdi Pirhadi, a council member, said the move was approved in light of Argentina’s stance against the Islamic Republic and that the council’s naming committee would now review replacement options and present a final proposal at a future public session.

He said the names of several killed Iranian military commanders, including Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Alireza Tangsiri, Mohammad Bagheri, Mohammad Pakpour and Majid Mousavi, had been raised as possible alternatives.

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  Argentina designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization