CAIRO (AP) – Iran and the United States have received a draft proposal that calls for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to try and find a way to end the war, two Mideast officials have told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
The proposal comes from Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators working to halt the fighting, the two officials said. They hope the 45-day window would provide enough time for extensive talks between the countries to reach a permanent ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Iran and the U.S. have not responded to the proposal, sent late Sunday night to both Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, the officials said.<\/p>\n
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private negotiations.<\/p>\n
It remains unclear whether the sides would agree to such terms. Iran has insisted it will keep fighting until it receives financial reparations and a promise that it won\u2019t be attacked again. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iranian bridges and power stations this week.<\/p>\n
The news website Axios first reported on terms of the proposal.<\/p>\n
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below.<\/p>\n
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Israel and the United States carried out a wave of attacks Monday that killed more than 25 people in Iran. Tehran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors as U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz loomed.<\/p>\n
Explosions rang out into the night in Tehran and low-flying jets could be heard for hours as the capital was pounded. Thick black smoke rose near the city\u2019s Azadi Square after one airstrike hit the Sharif University of Technology grounds.<\/p>\n
Two people were found dead in the rubble of a residential building in Haifa, according to Israeli authorities. The search was ongoing for two more even as new Iranian missile attacks hit the northern Israel city early Monday.<\/p>\n
Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates both activated their air defense systems to intercept incoming Iranian missiles and drones, as Tehran kept up the pressure on its Gulf neighbors. Iran\u2019s regular attacks on regional energy infrastructure and its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world\u2019s oil is shipped in peacetime, has sent global energy prices soaring.<\/p>\n
Under pressure at home as consumers are growing increasingly concerned, Trump gave Tehran a deadline that expires Monday night, Washington time, saying if no deal was reached to reopen the strait the U.S. would hit Iran\u2019s power plants and other infrastructure targets and set the country \u201cback to the stone ages.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,\u201d he threatened in a social media post, adding that if Iran did not open the strait \u201cyou\u2019ll be living in Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s deadline to open Hormuz strait looms but no signs of Tehran backing off<\/p>\n
Tehran has shown no signs of backing down off of its stranglehold on shipping through the strait, which was fully open before Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran on Feb. 28 to start the war.<\/p>\n
Following Trump\u2019s expletive-laced posts on Easter Sunday, Iran\u2019s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf called the threats of targeting Iran\u2019s infrastructure \u201creckless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou won\u2019t gain anything through war crimes,\u201d Qalibaf wrote on X. \u201cThe only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose to $109 in early Monday spot trading, some 50% higher than it was when the war started.<\/p>\n
Iran has let some vessels through the strait since the war began, but none belonging to the U.S., Israel or countries perceived as helping them. Some have paid Iran for passage and the overall flow of traffic is down more than 90% over the same period last year.<\/p>\n
Beyond Trump\u2019s military threats, diplomatic efforts are still underway to see if a solution can be reached to open the waterway.<\/p>\n
Oman\u2019s Foreign Ministry said that deputy foreign ministers and experts from Iran and Oman met to discuss proposals to ensure \u201csmooth transit\u201d through the strait.<\/p>\n
Egypt said that Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty had spoken with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and with Turkish and Pakistani counterparts. Russia said that Araghchi also spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.<\/p>\n
Airstrikes kill more than 25 across Iran<\/p>\n
One of Monday\u2019s morning airstrikes targeted Tehran\u2019s Sharif University of Technology, where Iranian media reported damage to the buildings as well as a natural gas distribution site next to the campus.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what had been targeted on the grounds of the university, which is empty of students as the war has forced all schools into the country into online classes. However, multiple countries over the years have sanctioned the university for its work with the military, particularly on Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program, which is controlled by the country\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n
A strike near Eslamshar, southwest of Tehran, killed at least 13 people, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported. Five others were killed when a residential area in the city of Qom was hit, and six more were killed in strikes on other cities, the state-run IRAN daily newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
Three more people were killed when an airstrike hit a home in Tehran, Iranian state television reported.<\/p>\n
War\u2019s death toll in the thousands<\/p>\n
More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, but its government has not updated the toll for days.<\/p>\n
In Lebanon, which Israel has invaded by ground, more than 1,400 people have been killed and more than 1 million people have been displaced. Eleven Israeli soldiers have died there while targeting Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants.<\/p>\n
In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, more than two dozen people have died, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel and 13 U.S. service members have been killed.<\/p>\n
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Rising reported from Bangkok.<\/p>\n
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