Trump: Iran asked for a ceasefire, open the Strait of Hormuz or we will send you back to the Stone Age – Tehran denies (updates)

IMPORTANT EVENTS

• Trump, successful his latest statements, revealed that Iran has conscionable asked him for a ceasefire
• The Revolutionary Guards responded, calling it a “ridiculous show by the US president”
• Gains connected Wall Street, arsenic Trump’s awesome for ending the warfare with Iran shifts the marketplace mood
• Trump raised again the contented of the US withdrawal from NATO, successful an interrogation with The Telegraph
• CIA and Russian quality services are cooperating to extremity the war, says the caput of Russia’s SVR
• Explosions successful cardinal Tel Aviv, connected the time of the opening of the Jewish Passover
  Strikes successful Tel Aviv (2)
• The UAE is considering subject publication alongside the US for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz (read more)
• The closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is among the options considered by the Houthis pursuing the caller onslaught connected confederate Israel
• The US President volition code the federation connected Iran astatine 4 a.m. Thursday (Greece time)

01/04/2026 14:54

UPDATES

Wave of rocket attacks connected cardinal Israel, 5 waves successful conscionable 20 minutes – ticker video

On the time marking the opening of the Jewish Passover celebrations, Iran appears to person launched a large rocket onslaught against Israel. According to Protothema’s analogous Giannis Charamidis, for the archetypal clip since the commencement of the warfare operations, a five-wave barrage of ballistic missiles was recorded targeting cardinal Israel wrong a span of astir 20 minutes.

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Reuters: Vance spoke with mediators, said Trump is anxious to extremity the warfare connected conditions
US Vice President JD Vance spoke with parties mediating negotiations with Iran for ending the war, according to Reuters.

The aforesaid study stated that Trump, done Vance, conveyed the connection that helium is unfastened to a ceasefire, provided that Iran accepts his terms, which see the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

“Vance conveyed a ‘hard’ connection that Trump is impatient and warned of accrued unit connected Iranian infrastructure unless the authorities agrees to a deal,” a root told Reuters.

01/04/2026 18:02

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, pursuing Trump’s statements, that the state has not submitted immoderate ceasefire proposal.

According to Iran’s IRIB quality agency, Araghchi described the alleged connection arsenic media speculation.

He besides said the warfare volition proceed until “the aggressor is punished and afloat compensation is paid to Iran.”

01/04/2026 17:59

At slightest 1,318 dormant from Israeli strikes successful Lebanon
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that astatine slightest 1,318 radical person been killed and 3,935 injured during the Israeli penetration and attacks connected Lebanon since March 2.

01/04/2026 17:47

Iran says it would invited Russia arsenic mediator successful talks connected the war
Iran would invited Russia arsenic a mediator to resoluteness the struggle with the United States and Israel, according to Iran’s ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, arsenic reported by the Russian authorities bureau TASS.

01/04/2026 17:45

Israeli service warns of imaginable strikes during Passover celebrations
Israeli service spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin said the IDF is connected alert for imaginable attacks from Iran and Hezbollah during Passover celebrations.

“It is imaginable that the Iranian panic authorities and Hezbollah volition motorboat occurrence toward Israeli territory,” helium said.

01/04/2026 17:42

Germany warns Israel that blocking entree to beatified sites during Easter could summation tensions
Germany stated that blocking entree to beatified sites successful Jerusalem risks escalating tensions.

The Israeli authorities had antecedently prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from celebrating Palm Sunday astatine the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, causing planetary backlash.

01/04/2026 17:39

Moctaba Khamenei is successful cleanable health, says Iranian Foreign Ministry
Iran’s caller Supreme Leader Moctaba Khamenei is “in cleanable health” but has not appeared publically owed to “war conditions,” according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

His wellness had been questioned aft speculation astir his presumption pursuing his succession.

01/04/2026 17:37

Tehran denies asking for a ceasefire
An Iranian official, quoted by Al Jazeera, powerfully denied that Tehran asked Washington for a ceasefire.

Earlier, Iran’s overseas curate said Iran is not seeking a ceasefire, but an extremity to the war.

According to Iran’s position, a ceasefire would payment Israel and the US by allowing renewed subject action, and alternatively they request a afloat extremity to the war.

01/04/2026 17:30

European reactions aft Trump’s caller disapproval of NATO allies
French President Emmanuel Macron said France was not consulted and is not progressive successful the warfare against Iran.

A German authorities spokesperson reaffirmed Germany’s committedness to NATO.

Trump has repeatedly suggested reviewing US information successful NATO.

The French Defense Ministry besides stated NATO is not designed for operations successful the Strait of Hormuz, which would interruption planetary law.

01/04/2026 17:25

Air defence sirens successful cardinal Israel owed to incoming missiles from Iran

01/04/2026 17:21

24 Iranian wellness workers killed since the commencement of the war

• At slightest 24 wellness workers killed
• At slightest 114 injured
• Over 330 healthcare facilities damaged
• One rescue chopper destroyed