Now, a senior Iranian official has now confirmed to the Reuters news agency that Tehran has received the two-tier ceasefire plan from Pakistan, and is reviewing the proposal.<\/p>\n
The Guardian could not independently verify the report but other news agencies such as AP and Reuters also now say the US and Iran have received the proposals.<\/p>\n
However, Iran won\u2019t reopen the strait of Hormuz in exchange for a \u201ctemporary ceasefire\u201d, while the US lacks the readiness for a permanent ceasefire, the official was quoted as saying. Tehran will not be pressured into accepting deadlines and making a decision, the official added.<\/p>\n
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump<\/strong> threatened to obliterate Iranian power plants and bridges<\/a> if it doesn\u2019t agree by 8pm Tuesday (US Eastern Time) to fully reopen the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n About a fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply usually passes through the Hormuz strait and its effective closure is having a crippling effect on the global economy.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister <\/strong>has claimed Donald Trump\u2019s threats to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges could amount to war crimes. \u201cThe American president, as the highest official of his country, has publicly threatened to commit war crimes,\u201d Kazem Gharibabadi said on X<\/a>, citing provisions of international law that could be breache.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s central military command <\/strong>has warned of \u201cmuch more devastating\u201d retaliation if the US hits civilian targets.<\/p>\n Earlier today US-Israeli strikes killed the intelligence chief of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards on Monday, according to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n \u201cMajor General Majid Khademi<\/strong>, the powerful and educated head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy… at dawn today,\u201d said the Guards in a post on their Telegram channel.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.23 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, says Tehran has formulated it\u2019s diplomatic response to the US and will announce in due time according to SNN, an Iranian official news agency and reported by Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.34 EDT<\/p>\n Iran confirms it has received ceasefire plan, but says US is not ready for peace<\/p>\n The US, Iran and a group of regional mediators discussed the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war, according to a report from Axios<\/a> that cites \u201cfour US, Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks\u201d.<\/p>\n Now, a senior Iranian official has now confirmed to the Reuters news agency that Tehran has received the two-tier ceasefire plan from Pakistan, and is reviewing the proposal.<\/p>\n The Guardian could not independently verify the report but other news agencies such as AP and Reuters also now say the US and Iran have received the proposals.<\/p>\n However, Iran won\u2019t reopen the strait of Hormuz in exchange for a \u201ctemporary ceasefire\u201d, while the US lacks the readiness for a permanent ceasefire, the official was quoted as saying. Tehran will not be pressured into accepting deadlines and making a decision, the official added.<\/p>\n President Trump. Photograph: Nathan Howard\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Over the weekend, Donald Trump<\/strong> threatened to obliterate Iranian power plants and bridges<\/a> if it doesn\u2019t agree by 8pm Tuesday (US Eastern Time) to fully reopen the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n About a fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply usually passes through the Hormuz strait and its effective closure is having a crippling effect on the global economy.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister <\/strong>has claimed Donald Trump\u2019s threats to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges could amount to war crimes. \u201cThe American president, as the highest official of his country, has publicly threatened to commit war crimes,\u201d Kazem Gharibabadi said on X<\/a>, citing provisions of international law that could be breache.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s central military command <\/strong>has warned of \u201cmuch more devastating\u201d retaliation if the US hits civilian targets.<\/p>\n Earlier today US-Israeli strikes killed the intelligence chief of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards on Monday, according to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n \u201cMajor General Majid Khademi<\/strong>, the powerful and educated head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy… at dawn today,\u201d said the Guards in a post on their Telegram channel.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.23 EDT<\/p>\n Here are some of the latest images from Tehran coming through our wires.<\/p>\n A woman holds Iran’s national flag while standing near a billboard with a sentence reading ‘The Strait of Hormuz remains closed’ at the Enqelab Square in Tehran, on 5 April 2026. Photograph: AFP\/Getty ImagesSmoke rises from residential areas in eastern and western parts of Tehran after airstrikes carried out by the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, on 6 April 2026. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>Iran’s Revolutionary Guards intelligence chief killed in US-Israeli strikes, say IRGC<\/p>\n AFP reports that US-Israeli strikes killed the intelligence chief of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards on Monday, according to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n \u201cMajor General Majid Khademi<\/strong>, the powerful and educated head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy… at dawn today,\u201d said the Guards in a post on their Telegram channel.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.55 EDT<\/p>\n US congresswoman Yassamin Ansari<\/strong> criticised <\/a>the reported bombing of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran.<\/p>\n \u201cSharif University is Iran\u2019s MIT. They\u2019ve produced a huge number of engineers who\u2019ve gone on to Silicon Valley and founded some of the most successful American tech companies,\u201d the Arizona congresswoman said in a post on X.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy are we bombing a university in a city of 10 million people?\u201d<\/p>\n Ansari is the daughter <\/a>of two Iranian parents who fled their homeland \u2013 her father as a student in the 1970s who couldn\u2019t return after the 1979 revolution, her mother as a 17-year-old in 1981 escaping the new regime\u2019s restrictions on women.<\/p>\n Speaking to the Guardian in 2025 about US and Iran policy, she said: \u201cWhen it comes to US-Iran policy \u2013 especially during the Trump administration<\/a> \u2013 I think there has been a significant lack of knowledge. And even within Congress, there\u2019s often limited information about the historical and political context \u2013 not just since 1979, but also what led up to that point and how we arrived at the current situation.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Interim summary<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a snapshot of the latest news from the US-Israel war on Iran<\/a> to bring you up to speed. It\u2019s 10.30am in Tehran, 10am in Tel Aviv and Beirut and 3am in Washington DC.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister has claimed Donald Trump\u2019s threats to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges could amount to war crimes<\/strong>. \u201cThe American president, as the highest official of his country, has publicly threatened to commit war crimes,\u201d Kazem Gharibabadi said on X<\/a>, citing provisions of international law that could be breached.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Trump used expletive-laden language to demand Iran agree \u2013 by Tuesday evening US time \u2013 to fully open the strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of Iranian energy sites and bridges<\/strong>. The US president posted on Truth Social: \u201cOpen the Fuckin\u2019 Strait, you crazy bastards, or you\u2019ll be living in Hell.\u201d He was sharply rebuked by US politicians<\/a>, with Republican former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene decrying \u201cTrump\u2019s madness\u201d, Bernie Sanders calling it \u201cdangerous and mentally unbalanced\u201d and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer saying Trump was \u201cranting like an unhinged madman on social media\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Iran\u2019s central military command <\/strong>has warned of \u201cmuch more devastating\u201d retaliation if the US hits civilian targets.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The US, Iran and a group of regional mediators are discussing the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war, according to a report from Axios<\/strong> that cites \u201cfour US, Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Israel assisted the US with its weekend rescue of a second downed air crew member in Iran<\/strong>. The Israeli PM said he had congratulated Trump on \u201ca perfectly executed American mission\u201d and that \u201cthe president expressed his appreciation for Israel\u2019s help\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Israel\u2019s military said it completed a fresh wave of strikes against \u201cregime targets\u201d in Tehran<\/strong> on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Smoke rises from residential areas in eastern and western parts of Tehran after US-Israeli airstrikes on Monday. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Israeli search-and-rescue teams were searching for two missing people in the rubble of a residential building <\/strong>in the northern Israeli city of Haifa after it was struck by an Iranian missile that killed two others, authorities said on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Iran has executed a man convicted over an attempt to storm a military facility and access an armoury during the unrest in January,<\/strong> state media said on Monday, after the supreme court upheld his sentence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n A Japanese shipping firm said an Indian-flagged tanker owned by its subsidiary had passed through the strait of Hormuz <\/strong>and was en route to India. Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi said her government was preparing to hold talks with Iran against the backdrop of the global energy crisis.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Falling debris from an intercepted attack injured a person in an industrial area of Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, UAE authorities said on Monday. Authorities in the UAE emirate of Fujairah said a drone launched from Iran targeted a du Telecom building.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Iran expanded attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure over the weekend<\/strong>, launching drone and missile strikes on petrochemical facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE. The Revolutionary Guards also said they hit an Israeli-linked vessel at Dubai\u2019s Jebel Ali port.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.32 EDT<\/p>\n Iranian minister claims Trump threats could amount to war crimes<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister has claimed Donald Trump\u2019s threats to destroy power plants and bridges in Iran could amount to war crimes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe American president, as the highest official of his country, has publicly threatened to commit war crimes,\u201d Kazem Gharibabadi<\/strong> said in a post on X<\/a>, citing provisions of international law that could be breached.<\/p>\n \u201cThe threat to attack power plants and bridges (civilian infrastructure) is a war crime under Article 8(2)(b) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,\u201d he said, cited by AFP.<\/p>\n Gharibabadi also warned that Iran<\/a> would \u201cdeliver a decisive, immediate and regret-inducing response to any aggression or imminent threat\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Japan-owned tanker crosses strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n A Japanese shipping firm said on Monday that an Indian-flagged tanker owned by its subsidiary had passed through the strait of Hormuz <\/strong>and was en route to India.<\/p>\n A spokeswoman for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines told AFP that the Green Asha \u2013 a liquefied petroleum gas tanker \u2013 had crossed the waterway.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth the crew and the cargo are safe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The vessel was the third Japan-linked ship to transit the Hormuz strait \u2013 the vital oil shipping route whose effective blockade by Iran has prompted Donald Trump<\/strong> to threaten to pummel Iranian energy and transport infrastructure if it isn\u2019t fully opened.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Elsewhere in the United Arab Emirates, falling debris from an intercepted attack injured a person in an industrial area of Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, UAE authorities said.<\/p>\n Debris fell on the Raneen Systems company in the Musaffah area after an interception by air defence systems, the Abu Dhabi government\u2019s media office said on X<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe incident resulted in moderate injuries to a Ghanaian national,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n The injury comes a day after authorities in the Emirati city of Sharjah said they were \u201cdealing with an incident that targeted Khor Fakkan\u201d after the port was targeted in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n Pakistani nationals were reportedly wounded when a projectile was intercepted, prompting the Pakistani prime minister to post on X on Monday that he was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d<\/a>. Shehbaz Sharif<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n double quotation markPakistan stands in solidarity with the brotherly people of the UAE and reiterates the urgent need for restraint and de-escalation in the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The UAE and other Gulf states have faced relentless retaliatory attacks from Iran since US-Israeli strikes five weeks ago kicked off a regional war.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.11 EDT<\/p>\n Authorities in the UAE emirate of Fujairah have said they are responding after a drone launched from Iran<\/a> targeted a du Telecom building<\/strong>, the state news agency (Wam) reported.<\/p>\n Fujairah\u2019s media office said no injuries had been reported, the report on Monday said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.53 EDT<\/p>\n Iran executes man accused of trying to storm military site during protests<\/p>\n Iran has executed a man convicted over an attempt to storm a military facility and access an armoury during unrest in January,<\/strong> state media said on Monday, after the supreme court upheld his sentence.<\/p>\n The man was named as Ali Fahim<\/strong>, Reuters is reporting.<\/p>\n Iran has already executed three others linked to the incident, including Amirhossein Hatami<\/strong> earlier last week and Mohammadamin Biglari<\/strong> and Shahin Vahedparast<\/strong> on Sunday, the report said.<\/p>\n Another man linked to the same case is believed to face execution in the coming days, according to Amnesty International.<\/p>\n The rights group said in a statement last week<\/a> it was unconscionable that even as Iranians reeled from the war, Iran continued to \u201cweaponise the death penalty to eradicate dissenting voices and further terrify people\u201d.<\/p>\n The nationwide anti-government protests in January were repressed in the biggest crackdown in the Islamic republic\u2019s history, with some estimates suggesting more than 30,000 people were killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cars burn in a Tehran street during the January protests. Photograph: Reuters<\/p>\n Authorities said the defendants had tried to seize weapons and military equipment during protests, describing them as \u201crioters\u201d acting against national security.<\/p>\n Amnesty International said several defendants were facing execution over the unrest, adding in a recent report that detainees in such cases had been subjected to torture and \u201cgrossly unfair trials\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.30 EDT<\/p>\n The Israeli military has just said it identified missiles launched from Iran<\/strong> and that defensive systems are operating to intercept them.<\/p>\n The IDF\u2019s message on Telegram also said alerts had been sent to people in relevant areas directing them to go to shelters and \u201cremain there until further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Israeli rescuers search rubble for two missing after Haifa attack<\/p>\n More now on the Haifa strike: Israeli search-and-rescue teams were searching for two missing people in the rubble of a residential building in the northern Israeli city after it was struck by an Iranian missile that killed two others<\/strong>, authorities said on Monday.<\/p>\n The direct hit on a seven-storey building tore through sections of the structure, which has partially collapsed, the military and rescue services said.<\/p>\n Footage from Agence France-Presse showed rescuers using flashlights to search through rubble and scattered concrete blocks.<\/p>\n Israeli emergency responders search for missing people on Sunday night at the scene of the missile strike in Haifa, Israel. Photograph: Amir Levy\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The strike took place minutes after the military warned it had detected a new round of missiles fired from Iran<\/a> about 15.00 GMT.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a major destruction site,\u201d said Elad Edri<\/strong>, chief of staff of Israel\u2019s home front command.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s fire and rescue services said later that two of four people trapped under the rubble had been found dead.<\/p>\n The building was hit by a \u201cdirect impact of a missile\u201d, a military spokesperson told AFP, confirming it was fired from Iran.<\/p>\n Emergency personnel work on Monday at the missile strike site in Haifa, Israel. Photograph: Shir Torem\/Reuters<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s Magen David Adom emergency service said four people were wounded in the strike, including a 10-month-old baby who suffered a head injury. An 82-year-old man was also in a serious condition, it said. A hospital later said he was stable.<\/p>\n On Monday the military detected fresh waves of missiles fired from Iran, and each time it said its \u201cdefensive systems are operating to intercept the threat\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.16 EDT<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s military says it has completed a fresh wave of strikes against \u201cregime targets\u201d in Tehran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The short statement \u2013 in a Monday post on Telegram \u2013 came after Iranian media reports of attacks on residential areas in the Iranian capital earlier in the day.<\/p>\n People walk amid the debris after US-Israeli airstrikes on Shahid Beheshti university in Tehran on Saturday. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Japan\u2019s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said on Monday her government was preparing to hold talks with Iran<\/strong> against the backdrop of the global energy crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are preparing dialogues at the leadership level at an appropriate time,\u201d she told a parliamentary committee.\u201d She did not say with whom in Iran she planned to hold talks.<\/p>\n About 90% of Japan\u2019s crude oil comes from the Middle East, making it particularly vulnerable to the closure of the waterway. Last month, the government approved the release of 15 days\u2019 worth of oil from private-sector depots, the biggest-ever release of oil from its strategic reserves.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.16 EDT<\/p>\n Iran threatens ‘devastating\u2019 retaliation if civilian targets hit<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s central military command has warned of \u201cmuch more devastating\u201d retaliation if the US hits civilian targets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n double quotation markIf attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The warning came after Donald Trump<\/strong> threatened to destroy Iran\u2019s civilian infrastructure, demanding Tehran bow to his demands for a deal to reopen the Gulf to shipping.<\/p>\n Trump vowed on social media to hit Iran\u2019s power plants and bridges and said the country would be \u201cliving in hell\u201d if the strait of Hormuz \u2013 crucial for global trade \u2013 wasn\u2019t opened. He ended with \u201cPraise be to Allah\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.15 EDT<\/p>\n Opening summary<\/p>\n Welcome to the Guardian\u2019s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n Iran\u2019s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf<\/strong> has condemned Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong> threats to target energy and transport infrastructure, saying he was being misled by Israel\u2019s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cYour reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu\u2019s commands,\u201d Qalibaf posted on X.<\/p>\n Late on Sunday, Netanyahu suggested Israel<\/strong> assisted the US<\/strong> with its rescue of the downed airman in Iran<\/strong>. The Israeli prime minister said he had spoken to Trump and \u201ccongratulated him on his bold decision and a perfectly executed American mission\u201d. \u201cThe president expressed his appreciation for Israel\u2019s help,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n On Sunday, the US president used expletive-laden language to call on Iran<\/a> to let ships through the strait of Hormuz<\/strong> as he threatened to further attack Iranian energy and transport infrastructure. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: \u201cOpen the Fuckin\u2019 Strait, you crazy bastards, or you\u2019ll be living in Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n Showing it still had the ability to cause damage despite the US-Israeli pounding, Iran expanded attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure over the weekend, launching drone and missile strikes on petrochemical facilities in Kuwait<\/strong>, Bahrain<\/strong> and the United Arab Emirates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Revolutionary Guards also said they hit an Israeli-linked vessel at Dubai<\/strong>\u2019s Jebel Ali port.<\/p>\n A wrecked car near damaged buildings at the site of what Bahrain said was falling debris of an intercepted Iranian drone at the weekend. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed\/Reuters<\/p>\n In other key developments:<\/p>\n Trump was sharply rebuked by US politicians<\/a>, <\/strong>including Republican former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called on the administration to \u201cintervene in Trump\u2019s madness\u201d, adding the president \u201chas gone insane, and all of you are complicit\u201d. Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer wrote that \u201cthe President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media\u201d. Schumer added: \u201cHe\u2019s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday after Trump\u2019s threats to Iran.<\/strong> West Texas Intermediate \u2013 the US benchmark \u2013 rose 1.86% to $113.62 a barrel while North Sea Brent crude was also higher at the week\u2019s market opening, climbing 1.16% to $110.30 a barrel.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n
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