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Iran says 'no negotiations' as US warns to accept 15-point deal
Iran demands guarantees against future attacks and recognition of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz as conditions to end the nearly four-week regional war.
- On Wednesday, Tehran rejected a 15-point American peace plan conveyed by officials in Islamabad, insisting the war end only on its terms. President Donald Trump warned he is prepared to "unleash hell" if no deal is reached.
- Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, said the United States had hit two-thirds of Iran's production facilities, with drone and missile launch rates down 90 percent. Cooper estimated 92 percent of Iranian navy's largest vessels were damaged or destroyed.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated the Strait of Hormuz is "closed only to enemies," demanding international recognition of Iran's sovereignty over the waterway. Conditions also include cessation of hostilities against all regional "resistance groups."
- Upwards of one million people have been displaced in over three weeks of Israeli strikes, with Lebanese authorities reporting more than 1,000 killed. The Brent crude benchmark rose above $100 a barrel as energy markets reacted to the conflict.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called talks "productive" following the assassination of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, but President Trump claimed Iranian officials want a deal yet "are afraid to say it, because they figure they'll be killed by their own people.
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