President Trump said on Tuesday Iran made a valuable offer to reach a deal with the United States, in talks that Iran has denied are taking place. 'We've won this. This war has been won,' Trump said.
President Trump takes questions as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on during a ceremony for Markwayne Mullin, the newly sworn-in secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.
C., on Tuesday.President Trump said on Tuesday Iran made a valuable offer to reach a deal with the United States, in negotiations that Iranian officials have so far denied are taking place. He would not specify what the offer was but said it was"a very significant prize" related to the Strait of Hormuz.His comments came even as thousands of U.S. Marines as well as the commander and some staff of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division are headed to the Middle East.Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel continued to attack Iran, with Iran's Revolutionary Guard reporting a strike on a gas supply line feeding a power station in southwest Iran overnight. And Iran has retaliated, with a missile hitting Tel Aviv.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said on social media his country"stands ready" to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran to end the war. He followed his statement by tagging the X accounts of President Trump, as well as a U.S. envoy and Iran's foreign minister. Pakistan welcomes and fully supports ongoing efforts to pursue dialogue to end the WAR in Middle East, in the interest of peace and stability in region and beyond. Subject to concurrence by the US and Iran, Pakistan stands ready and honoured to be the host to facilitate…Neither the U.S. nor Iran have commented on Pakistan's public offer to host talks. Pakistan has warm relations with the Trump administration, Iran and Gulf nations. Earlier, an Israeli official told NPR that planning was underway for talks in Pakistan later this week. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it.Iran's power plants, he posted on Truth Social on Monday that he had ordered a five-day delay on striking the country's energy infrastructure while the talks continue.were"fake news is intended to manipulate financial and oil markets and to escape the quagmire in which America and Israel are trapped."NPR has confirmed there are backchannel efforts to open dialogue. Intermediaries such as Pakistan as well as Egypt and Turkey have been relaying messages between the parties and are playing a role in efforts toward de-escalation. Qamar Cheema, the executive director of the Islamabad-based think tank the Sanober Institute, told NPR that Pakistan has been working to facilitate negotiations between Iran and the U.S. since Pakistani Foreign Minister Cheema is considered close to Pakistan's government and military. He said U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff"has a direct connection" to Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief."They have a good working relation," he said.The Pakistani prime minister's office did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment on the efforts.Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 24, 2026. The Israeli military said Iran fired missiles at Israel at least eight times on Tuesday, with impacts reported in at least four sites across the country. At leastNPR visited the site of the blast in an upscale residential neighborhood of Tel Aviv, and identified a crater in the middle of the road where the missile fell. The facade of an apartment building next to it was badly damaged, and cars in the surrounding area were crushed. Israeli police estimate the Iranian missile contained a warhead with about 220 pounds of explosives. Israel's defense systems did not intercept it. Earlier on Tuesday, an explosion was reported in northern Israel, injuring at least one person. Other blasts were reported in southern Israel.have been killed by Iranian strikes since the start of the war on Feb. 28, according to Israeli and Palestinian authorities.NPR has spoken to more Iranians fleeing Iran, as the war nears its one-month mark. Many said they were relieved that Trump said he would postpone his initial threat to target Iran's power plants, but worried the U.S. would reach an agreement with Iran that would keep the current government in place. Speaking from the eastern Turkish-Iranian border Tuesday, Iranians spoke about hearing heavy bombardments, especially in Iran's capital of Tehran. They also told reporters about a large Iranian security presence on the streets.One man, speaking out against the war, said he believed Israel's motive for bombing the country is to expand its borders into Iran."We needed a foreign military intervention to save us," one person said. Israeli-U.S. strikes"already killed the former Supreme Leader Khamenei and I hope they kill the rest soon." Another man, whose hometown was very active in a wave of anti-government protests in January, said he felt Iranians had gone through enough suffering under the current leadership. He said"everything is gone" from my hometown — and that"what is left is the bitterness of 47 years that is strangling us ." The man said a turning point for him was the bloody Iranian government crackdown. The Human Rights Activists News Agency, a U.S.-based human rights monitoring group, says it has confirmed thatLebanon's Health Ministry said that an Israeli airstrike killed at least two people southeast of Beirut.Israel has issued multiple evacuation orders across Lebanon since the start of the war, leaving more than 1 million people displaced, according to the Lebanese government. But Monday's strike southeast of the capital came without warning from the Israeli military. Footage shows flames and smoke billowing from a residential building.of destruction the military has used in the Gaza Strip in Lebanon, which razed many residential areas. He also said he's accelerating the destruction of Lebanese homes in border villages, from which Iran-backed militia Hezbollah, fired rockets.Diaa Hadid contributed reporting from Mumbai, India, Daniel Estrin and Itay Stern from Tel Aviv, Israel, Lauren Frayer from Beirut, Emily Feng from Van, Turkey, Rebecca Rosman from Paris and Alex Leff from Washington.Unpaid TSA workers staff San Diego airport as paid ICE agents arrive at others KPBS keeps you informed with local stories you need to know about — with no paywall. Our news is free for everyone because people like you help fund it.
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