Iran and the United States received a draft proposal late Sunday calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, two Mideast officials speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press.
The proposal comes from Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators hoping the 45-day window would provide enough time for talks to reach a permanent ceasefire.
Iran and the U.S. have not responded to the proposal, which was sent to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, the officials said.
The head of intelligence for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed Monday in an attack targeting him, Iranian state media said. The Israeli military later confirmed the airstrike that killed Maj.-Gen. Majid Khademi took place in Iran’s capital Tehran.
Airstrikes on Iran kill over 25
Strikes on cities across Iran have killed more than 25 people Sunday into Monday.
Israel’s military said four people were found dead at the site of a missile strike in Haifa. They had been trapped under rubble and were found after hours of overnight rescue efforts, the military said.
António Costa, president of the European Council, called for diplomacy to be given a chance, writing on X that “any targeting of civilian infrastructure, namely energy facilities, is illegal and unacceptable.”
“Escalation will not achieve a ceasefire and peace,” he said Monday. “Only negotiations will, namely the ongoing efforts led by regional partners.”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his threat to hit Iran’s critical infrastructure hard if the country’s government doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline.
WATCH | Second U.S. airman from downed fighter jet rescued:
Second U.S. airman from downed fighter jet rescued, Trump escalates threats to Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump announced early Sunday the rescue of the missing second crew member from the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that was shot down Friday by Iran. Trump also posted on Truth Social Sunday, threatening to hit major infrastructures such as power plants and bridges in Iran if a deal is not reached or the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked.
Trump punctuated his threat with profanity in a social media post, saying Tuesday will be “Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.”
The war began with joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Feb. 28 and has killed thousands, shaken global markets, cut off key shipping routes and spiked fuel prices. Both sides have threatened and hit civilian targets, bringing warnings of possible war crimes from the United Nations and international law experts.
Israel claims killing of Revolutionary Guard intelligence head
Israel claimed the killing of the intelligence chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Monday.
Defence Minister Israel Katz made the announcement.
“The Revolutionary Guard are shooting at civilians and we are eliminating the leaders of the terrorists,” Katz said. “Iran’s leaders live with a sense of being targeted. We will continue to hunt them down one by one.”
Katz added Israel had “severely damaged” Iran’s steel and petrochemical industries.
“We will continue to crush the Iranian national infrastructure and lead to the erosion and collapse of the terrorist regime, and its capabilities to promote terror and fire at the state of Israel.”
Iranian drone strikes U.A.E. telecommunications building
An Iranian drone attack damaged a telecommunications building in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, the state-run WAM news agency reported.
The attack targeted a building of the state-funded du telecom company.
No one was injured, WAM reported, quoting officials in Fujairah.
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) saID there are no signs North Korea is providing Iran with weapons or other war-related supplies.
The spy agency’s officials told lawmakers Monday that North Korea may be taking a cautious approach to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the Trump administration, according to two lawmakers who attended the closed-door briefing.
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Former NATO ambassador says ‘damage has been done’ as Trump renews threats to Iran
Chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton speaks with Douglas Lute, a former United States Ambassador to NATO, about the status of the war in Iran. Plus, Ontario Federation of Agriculture president Drew Spoelstra discusses the rising costs of fertilizer and diesel and their immediate impact on food production in Canada.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran as illegal, but the NIS said Pyongyang has not sent an official condolence message over the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s late supreme leader.
In recent years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has embraced the idea of a “new Cold War” and attempted to expand cooperation with countries confronting the U.S., including an economic delegation sent to Iran in April 2024.
South Korea plans to send at least five ships to Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port in the coming weeks to establish new oil transport routes in the Red Sea.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said Monday the ships will be deployed in phases beginning in mid-April and the number of vessels could increase depending on contracts with Saudi partners.
Officials did not disclose the companies involved, but said some domestic refiners may use non-Korean shipping firms.
South Korea also plans to send special envoys to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Algeria to step up diplomatic efforts to secure alternative fuel supplies, ruling party lawmaker Ahn Do-geol said.
The Foreign Ministry did not immediately reveal when the envoys would be sent.
Iran executes man over January protests
Iran has executed another man convicted over charges stemming from the nationwide protests that swept Iran in January.
The judiciary’s Mizan news agency identified the man hanged as Ali Fahim in a report Monday. It was unclear when he was executed.
Fahim had been convicted of allegedly storming a military base to seize weapons.
WATCH | Trump escalates threats against Iran after daring pilot rescue :
Trump escalates threats against Iran after daring pilot rescue
In an expletive-laden social media post, U.S. President Donald Trump made new threats against Iran’s infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz. The latest escalation followed a CIA-led rescue of a second pilot whose fighter jet was shot down over Iran.
Amnesty International said Fahim and others convicted in the case “were subjected to torture and other ill-treatment in detention, including beatings, floggings, prolonged solitary confinement, and death threats at gunpoint before being convicted in grossly unfair trials that relied on forced ‘confessions’ extracted under torture and lasted only a few hours.”
The Human Rights Activist News Agency had said Fahim and others had entered a Tehran base of the all-volunteer Basij militia, an arm of the Revolutionary Guard, after it had been burned, then had been forced into confessions.
Iranian missiles hit central Israel
Israel rescue services reported Monday morning several sites were hit by missiles launched from Iran toward multiple cities in the centre of Israel.
In Petah Tikva, paramedics provided medical treatment to an injured woman in serious condition with a chest injury from shrapnel and evacuated her to the Beilinson Hospital.
Firefighters in that city are handling cars on fire and continue searching to ensure there are no people trapped in the rubble.
Israeli rescue teams search for missing people amid the rubble of a residential building a day after it was struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, Israel, on Monday.
(Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press)
In Tel Aviv, a man slightly injured by glass shrapnel was evacuated to the Ichilov Hospital.
Footage provided by rescue service Magen David Adom shows damage to residential buildings due to the attack.
