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“Some good news is expected from both sides soon,” regional sources told CNN on Tuesday, as Pakistan pushed for a two-week ceasefire and stepped up mediation efforts in the Iran war.

"Discussions are steered directly by Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir," the report said. "The source added that a deal is expected to be closed tonight."

Pope Leo on Tuesday condemned Donald Trump’s threats against Iran as “truly unacceptable,” in a rare direct rebuke hours after Trump warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight” in a social media post.

"There are certainly issues ⁠here of international law, but even more than that, it is a ​moral question for the good of the (world's) people," Pope said.

US President Donald Trump sharply criticized Tehran’s reported call for civilians to act as human shields around power plants amid his threat to bomb the facilities, NBC News reported, citing a brief phone call with him.

“Totally illegal,” he said. “They’re not allowed to do that.”

Asked about his Truth Social comment that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” Trump said, “You’ll have to figure that out.”

Almost four hours before Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran, Pakistan’s prime minister called on Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks as a goodwill gesture and urged all parties to observe a temporary ceasefire to allow diplomacy to end the war.

"To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks. Pakistan, in all sincerity, requests the Iranian brothers to open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture," he said in a post on X.

"We also urge all warring parties to observe a ceasefire everywhere for two weeks to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of war, in the interest of long-term peace and stability in the region," he added.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Tuesday said the US cannot "erase a civilization,” warning against conflating Iran as a country with its ruling system.

He also expressed hope that Trump would not carry out his threats, which he said could drag the region and the world into a new phase of escalation.

"You can't erase a civilization. And above all, you should not confuse Iran, which is a great country with a great people, with the Iranian regime, which is a bloodthirsty theocracy that, just a few weeks ago, gunned down its own people at point-blank range with assault rifles," he said.