Iran rejects 15-point US plan as Trump extends energy attack deadline

• An Iranian official told Reuters that senior Iranian officials had reviewed a 15-point US proposal in detail and felt it served only US and Israeli interests. But they said diplomacy had not ended. READ MORE BELOW

• Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, striking Tel Aviv, Haifa and other areas. READ MORE BELOW

• US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would pause attacks on Iran's energy plants for 10 days at Tehran's request and that talks with Iran were going "very well." READ MORE BELOW

• The US military has fired more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, the Washington Post reported, raising concerns about the weapon's limited supply.

• More than 370,000 children have been forced from their homes in Lebanon amid Israel's offensive against Hezbollah, with at least 121 children killed and 399 injured, UNICEF's representative in Lebanon, Marcoluigi Corsi, said on Friday.

• European powers accused Russia of helping Iran target US forces in the Middle East war and said they would raise the issue on Friday with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France.

• In an interview with France 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated Moscow's denials of the intelligence-sharing accusations.

• An airstrike with three missiles targeted a building in Beirut's southern suburbs early on Friday, security sources said.

• In the west Iranian province of Kermanshah, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had arrested a three-member cell linked to Israel's Mossad spy agency that had planned attacks on sensitive sites and military personnel.

• Europe's aviation safety regulator EASA has extended until April 10 its advisory to airlines to avoid the airspace of Iran, Israel and several Gulf states due to heightened military activity, according to an updated bulletin on conflict zones.

• Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that shipping "to and from ports of allies and supporters of the Israeli-American enemies" is prohibited. 

• Iran has issued Thursday "decisive" warnings to hotel owners in regional countries, especially Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to refrain from accepting US military personnel, otherwise they will become legitimate targets for the Iranian armed forces, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

• Oil jumped to $108 a barrel on Thursday and stock markets fell on renewed pessimism over ceasefire prospects as global plastics, technology, retail and tourism struggled with the impact.

• The United Arab Emirates has told the US and other Western allies it would participate in a multinational maritime taskforce to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

IN DETAIL

On Thursday, Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, striking Tel Aviv, Haifa and other areas, including a Palestinian town in central Israel.

At least one ballistic missile hit Tel Aviv, according to Israel's military, while others carried cluster munitions that dispersed smaller explosives, damaging homes and cars. Israel's ambulance service said a man was killed in Nahariya after Hezbollah fired a rocket barrage at the northern city.

In Iran, strikes hit the southern city of Bandar Abbas and a village on the outskirts of the southern city of Shiraz. A university building in Isfahan was reported to have been hit.

Trump announces energy attack pause as Iran dismisses US plan 

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would pause attacks on Iran's energy plants for 10 days at Tehran's request and said talks with Iran were going "very well," although an Iranian official dismissed a US proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting as "one-sided and unfair."

Trump made the comment in a Truth Social post shortly after threatening during a cabinet meeting at the White House to increase pressure on Iran if it did not make a deal.

"As per Iranian Government request ... I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time," Trump said in the post.

"Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well," he said.

An Iranian official told Reuters that a 15-point US proposal, conveyed to Tehran by Pakistan, was reviewed in detail on Wednesday by senior Iranian officials and the representative of Iran's supreme leader. While they felt it served only US and Israeli interests, diplomacy had not ended, the official said.

Trump suggested on Thursday that Iran let 10 oil tankers transit the Strait of Hormuz as a goodwill gesture in negotiations, including some Pakistan-flagged vessels.

A note seen by Reuters on Tuesday to the United Nations from Iran said "non-hostile vessels" could transit the strait if they coordinated with Iranian authorities.

An Iranian official told Reuters that senior Iranian officials had reviewed a 15-point US proposal in detail and felt it served only US and Israeli interests. But they said diplomacy had not ended.

The proposal included demands ranging from dismantling Iran's nuclear program to curbing its missile program and effectively handing over control of the Strait of Hormuz, according to sources and reports.