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Pakistan has put forward a ceasefire proposal to Iran and the United States, but Tehran says it is reviewing the plan while rejecting any temporary truce that leaves the threat of renewed war in place, according to Reuters.
US and Israel heavily bombed Tehran and other Iranian cities while Iran struck Haifa as the war entered its sixth week on Monday.
President Donald Trump warned "all hell will reign down" on Iran if it a real to open the Strait of Hormuz was not reached by Tuesday. Tehran rejected the ultimatum.
The foreign ministers of China and Russia called for an immediate cessation of fighting in the Middle East, arguing that a ceasefire was the “fundamental way” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil prices opened higher on Monday after the Easter holiday weekend as President Donald Trump escalated pressure on Iran over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Abbas Araghchi, the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister, told his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot that any US attack on infrastructure in Iran would be met with a forceful response from the Islamic Republic’s armed forces.
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization, Major General Majid Khademi, was killed in a US-Israeli strike, according to a Guards statement carried by Fars news agency on Monday.
The statement said Khademi had played a major role in Iran’s intelligence and security apparatus over nearly five decades.
It said funeral and burial arrangements would be announced later.
Kuwait’s health ministry said six people were injured after debris from an Iranian attack fell on a residential area in the north of the country.
Iran is reviewing Pakistan’s proposal for an immediate ceasefire but is not open to a “temporary ceasefire,” a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.
The official said Tehran would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a temporary truce and viewed Washington as not ready for a permanent ceasefire.
The official also said Iran would not accept pressure to make a decision under deadlines.
Iran and the United States have received a proposal to end hostilities that could take effect on Monday and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters citing a source familiar with the plan.
The source said a framework had been drawn up by Pakistan and exchanged overnight with both sides. It envisions a two-stage approach, with an immediate ceasefire followed by a broader agreement.
“All elements need to be agreed today,” the source said, adding that the initial understanding would take the form of a memorandum of understanding finalized electronically through Pakistan, described as the sole communication channel in the talks.
According to the source, Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, had been in contact “all night long” with US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Under the proposal, a ceasefire would begin immediately and the Strait of Hormuz would reopen, with 15 to 20 days set aside to finalize a wider settlement.
The source said the plan, tentatively called the “Islamabad Accord,” would include a regional framework for the strait and culminate in in-person talks in Islamabad.
The Strait of Hormuz cannot be held hostage by any country, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, Anwar Gargash, said at a weekend briefing.
"The Strait of Hormuz cannot be held hostage by any country," he said, adding that freedom of navigation through the waterway "has to be part and parcel of the settlement of any conflict with clear agreement on that."
He said freedom of navigation through the waterway must be part of any settlement to the US-Iran war.
Gargash said the UAE wanted the war to end but warned against a ceasefire that failed to address Iran’s nuclear program and its missile and drone capabilities.
Such a deal would create “a more dangerous, more volatile Middle East,” he said.
“We don’t want to see more and more escalation,” he said. “But we don’t want a ceasefire that fails to address some of the main issues that will create a much more dangerous environment in the region...notably (Iran's) nuclear program, the missiles and drones that are still raining down on us and on other countries.”
Powerful explosions were heard from a military site in northern Iran and an attack was reported in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr early on Monday, according to eyewitness accounts sent to Iran International.
Seven large blasts were heard at about 4:45 a.m. at the Fath military base, a helicopter production site between Malard and Meshkin Dasht in Alborz province.
Khorramshahr in Khuzestan province also came under attack on Monday morning, eyewitnesses said.
UAE authorities said on Saturday they were dealing with an incident involving a drone strike from Iran targeting a du telecom building in Fujairah, state news agency WAM reported.