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\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tIsrael threatens Iranian officials as mediators try to purchase time\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators have sent Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff a proposal calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the strait, two Mideast officials told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to debate the private negotiations.<\/p>\n
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Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei earlier told journalists that messages were being exchanged with mediators but \u201cnegotiations are entirely incompatible with ultimatums, crimes and threats of\u00a0war crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In Islamabad, two senior officials said Pakistan\u2019s ceasefire efforts are at a complicated stage but \u201cseveral spoilers and detractors\u201d are attempting to sow confusion. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk publicly in regards to the talks.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, explosions boomed in Tehran and low-flying jets might be heard for hours.<\/p>\n
Amongst those killed was the pinnacle of intelligence for Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, in response to Iranian state media and Israel\u2019s defense minister. Israel said it also killed the leader of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s undercover unit in its expeditionary Quds Force, Asghar Bakeri.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s defense minister vowed to maintain targeting top-ranking officials. \u201cWe’ll proceed to hunt them down one after the other,\u201d Katz said.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s military later said it struck three Tehran airports overnight \u2014 Bahram, Mehrabad and Azmayesh \u2014 hitting dozens of helicopters and aircraft it said belonged to the Iranian Air Force.<\/p>\n
A Tehran resident said \u201cconsistently there may be the sound of bombs, air defenses, drones,\u201d speaking on condition of anonymity for her safety. No less than one recent attack hit near her home, waking her, she said.<\/p>\n
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Individually, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia activated air defenses to intercept Iranian missiles and drones. Tehran has kept up pressure on Gulf neighbors, which has included strikes against infrastructure like oil fields. In Israel, Iranian missiles hit the northern city of Haifa, where 4 people from one family were found dead within the rubble of a residential constructing.<\/p>\n
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Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose to $109 in early Monday spot trading, about 50% higher than when the war began, then wavered. U.S. stocks were mostly\u00a0holding regular.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTuesday will likely be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in a single,\u201d he threatened Sunday.<\/p>\n
Trump has given multiple deadlines to Iran and the could expire Monday night Washington time \u2014 though he also posted: \u201cTuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n
Former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayatir urged Arab countries to discourage Trump from striking power plants, warning on social media that all the region would go \u201cdark\u201d if that happens.<\/p>\n
Following Trump\u2019s expletive-laced post Sunday, Iran\u2019s parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf called threats of targeting Iran\u2019s infrastructure \u201creckless.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iran has let some vessels through the strait for the reason that war began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Feb. 28, but none belong to those countries or ones perceived as helping them. Some have\u00a0paid Iran for passage\u00a0however the flow of traffic is down greater than 90% over the identical period last 12 months.<\/p>\n
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Araghchi called university \u201cthe MIT of Iran,\u201d posting on social media that \u201cAggressors will see our might.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iranian media reported damage to buildings and a natural gas distribution site next to campus. The university is empty because the war has forced all schools into online classes.<\/p>\n
A strike near Eslamshar, southwest of Tehran, killed at the very least 15 people, authorities said. Five were killed in a residential area in Qom, and 6 were killed in strikes on other cities, the state-run IRAN every day newspaper reported. Three people were killed at a house in Tehran, state television reported.<\/p>\n
In Lebanon, where Israel has launched air attacks and a ground invasion that it says goal the Iran-linked Hezbollah militia, an airstrike hit an apartment in Ain Saadeh, a predominately Christian town east of Beirut. It killed an official within the Lebanese Forces, a Christian political party strongly against Hezbollah, his wife and one other woman.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had at all times felt secure here,\u201d family friend Nadine Naameh said.<\/p>\n
Greater than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran for the reason that war began, but the federal government has not updated the toll for days.<\/p>\n
Greater than 1,400 people\u00a0have been killed\u00a0in\u00a0Lebanon\u00a0and greater than 1 million people\u00a0have been displaced. Eleven Israeli soldiers have died there.<\/p>\n
In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, greater than two dozen people have died, while 23 have been reported dead in Israel and 13 U.S.\u00a0service members\u00a0have been killed.<\/p>\n
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