Trump claims Iran has agreed to “most of” the 15-point list of US demands to end the war. Just last week, however, Iran signaled skepticism of Washington’s position. Follow for live updates.
Trump claims Iran has agreed to ‘most of’ the 15-point list of US demands to end the war. Just last week, however, Iran signaled skepticism of Washington’s position.In a Financial Times interview, President Donald Trump raised the prospect of the US taking Iran’s oil and added he’s still considering whether to seize key fuel hub Kharg Island.
Trump said Iran has agreed to “most of” the 15-point list of demands from the US to end the war. Last week, however, Tehran had not immediately accepted the plan and signaled skepticism of Washington’s position. He also claimed there has been “regime change” in Iran.Pakistan said it is prepared to host talks between the US and Iran “in coming days,” after meeting with regional leaders in Islamabad.In a Palm Sunday ceremony marking the beginning of Holy Week, Pope Leo XIV said God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war but rejects them.” The pope did not name any world leaders but has been vocal about his criticism of the war in Iran in recent weeks.In a Palm Sunday ceremony marking the beginning of Holy Week, Pope Leo XIV said God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war but rejects them.”A man walks among the ruins of a commercial-office building affected during military operations in a residential area of Tehran, Iran, on Sunday.Even as regional leaders scramble to find diplomatic off-ramps to the war, the main players – Israel, the US and Iran – are doubling down on their positions. President Donald Trump has claimed Iran is almost ready for a deal, even as Tehran warns it will “rain fire” on American troops if they launch a ground invasion.President Trump said Iran had agreed to “most of” the 15-point list of demands that the US conveyed to end the war. He claimed that Iran has given the US “20 boatloads of oil” that will be shipped on Monday to “prove they’re serious.”Iran’s parliament speaker accused the US of “secretly planning a ground invasion” while floating negotiations, and said Tehran’s forces are “waiting” for US troops. The USS Tripoli — carrying 3,500 US service members — has arrived in the Middle East.on Sunday, Trump raised the prospect of the US taking Iran’s oil, saying that would be his “favorite thing.” He also told FT he is still considering whether to seize Iran’sPakistan says it is prepared to host talks between the US and Iran “in coming days,” after what it called a “very productive” meeting with regional leaders regarding efforts to de-escalate the war.An Indian worker was killed in Kuwait on Monday after an Iranian attack, reported Kuwait News Agency. Meanwhile, Israel said early Monday it had intercepted two drones from Yemen, days after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels waded into the conflict for the first time since it began. And Israel’s military carried out strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran late Sunday, claiming it is just days away from hitting all the targets in Iran that it classifies a “top priority.”US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of the US taking Iran’s oil in an interview with theat Kharg Island. He likened the potential move to the US ambitions to control Venezuela’s oil industry following the “To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” Trump told the Financial Times.“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump said. “It would also mean we had to be there for a while.” The US previously targeted military installations on Kharg Island with strikes on March 13, with Central Command saying that 90 targets had been hit, including “naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites.”U.S. President Donald Trump talks to members of the media aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Sunday.Asked whether Iran responded to those points, the president told reporters aboard Air Force One, “They gave us most of the points. Why wouldn’t they?” “They’re agreeing with us on the plan. We asked for 15 things, and for the most part, we’re going to be asking for a couple of other things,” Trump continued. Tehran did not immediately accept the 15-point plan last week. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has previously acknowledged that messages have been exchanged through intermediaries but signaled skepticism of Washington’s position. Trump also said Iran has given the US oil that will be shipped tomorrow to “prove they’re serious.” Trump said when he talked last week about Iran giving the US a “present,” it was “10 massive boatloads of oil.” “And today they gave us another present. They gave us 20 boatloads of oil that starts being shipped tomorrow,” he said. “We’re having very good meetings, both directly and indirectly, and I think we’re getting a lot of very important points,” Trump continued.: As CNN has previously reported, the 15-point plan is believed to include: Iran committing to no nuclear weapons, handing over its highly enriched uranium, limits on Tehran’s defense capabilities, an end to regional proxy groups and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump previously told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Iran had committed to not having a nuclear weapon, something Tehran has said publicly in the past.
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