{"id":18019,"date":"2026-03-30T19:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=18019"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:37:41","slug":"iran-denies-role-in-atta-on-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/03\/30\/iran-denies-role-in-atta-on-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran denies role in attack on Kuwait desalination plant blames ‘depravity of Zionist regime’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran denies role in attack on Kuwait desalination plant blames ‘depravity of Zionist regime’<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iran<\/a> on Monday denied any involvement in the attack on a power generation and water desalination plant in Kuwait, suggesting that Israel may be responsible.<\/p>\n

According to Kuwait\u2019s Electricity Ministry, an attack late Sunday on a service building at the facility killed one worker\u2014an Indian national\u2014and caused significant material damage. The ministry said technical and emergency teams were immediately deployed to manage the aftermath and maintain normal operations. Authorities are also coordinating with security agencies to secure the site.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, through its Khatam al Anbiya Central Headquarters, rejected any role in the incident. In a statement, it condemned what it called \u201cthe brutal aggression of the Zionist regime against Kuwait\u2019s desalination plant under the false pretext of accusing Iran.\u201d The statement further urged West Asian countries to remain vigilant against \u201cprovocations by the American-Zionist alliance\u201d and to oppose the presence of U.S. and Israeli forces in the region.<\/p>\n

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Iran denies having direct talks with US, dismisses \u2018unreasonable\u2019 demands\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, stated on Monday that Tehran has not engaged in any direct negotiations with the United States. \u201cWhat we have received are messages through intermediaries indicating that the US wants to negotiate,\u201d he told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.<\/p>\n

Baghaei criticized Washington, saying: \u201cI wonder how many people in America take these diplomatic claims seriously. Our position is clear, unlike the other side, which keeps shifting.\u201d He added that Iran has consistently outlined its framework, while the US proposals have been \u201cexcessive and unreasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also addressed regional diplomacy efforts, referencing a recent meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey in Islamabad. Baghaei said, \u201cThe meetings Pakistan has convened were frameworks they established themselves, and Iran did not participate. It is good for regional countries to care about ending the war, but they should consider who started it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran Defiant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baghaei emphasized that Iran remains focused on self-defense amid military aggression and that it is reviewing a possible exit from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which allows nuclear energy development but prohibits weapons programs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Pakistani security official told Reuters that direct US-Iran talks are unlikely this week, though efforts continue to arrange them as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Trump Comments on Iran Talks<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump said the US and Iran have been meeting both directly and indirectly, describing Iran\u2019s new leaders as \u201cvery reasonable.\u201d His remarks followed Pakistan\u2019s announcement that it would host \u201cmeaningful talks\u201d aimed at ending the month-long Iran conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ll make a deal with them, I\u2019m pretty sure, but it\u2019s possible we won\u2019t,\u201d Trump told reporters. He also suggested that the US had already achieved a degree of regime change in Tehran after strikes killed top Iranian officials but described their replacements as \u201creasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a social media post, Trump warned that if a deal is not reached and the Hormuz Strait is not \u201copen for business,\u201d the US could target Iran\u2019s electric generating plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran denies role in attack on Kuwait desalination plant blames ‘depravity of Zionist regime’ Iran on Monday denied any involvement in the attack on a power generation and water desalination plant in Kuwait, suggesting that Israel may be responsible. According to Kuwait\u2019s Electricity Ministry, an attack late Sunday on a service building at the facility […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[3765],"class_list":["post-18019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-iran-usa-israel-war"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18022,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18019\/revisions\/18022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}