Thousands of Iranians filled the streets in the centre of Tehran on Wednesday April 1 for a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, along with others who were killed in Israeli strikes in late March.
Iran said on Thursday that Washington’s demands were “maximalist and irrational” and denied negotiations were taking place on a ceasefire to stop the war in the Middle East, according to Iranian media.
“Messages have been received through intermediaries, including Pakistan, but there is no direct negotiation with the US,” said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, quoted by the ISNA news agency.
He accused Washington of making “maximalist and irrational” demands, and said in comments carried on state television that Iran was ready for any attack, including an invasion by ground forces.
Multiple US intelligence agencies have assessed in recent days that the Iranian government is not currently willing to engage in substantial negotiations to end the war, the “New York Times” reported on Wednesday, citing US officials.
US President Donald Trump is expected to provide a timeline of “two or three weeks” for rolling back military operations on Iran during an address to the nation this evening at 9pm EDT
Asked when the United States would consider the Iran war over, Trump said: “I can’t tell you exactly … we’re going to be out pretty quickly.”
He was expected to reiterate a two-to-three-week timetable for ending the war in Iran during the address, a White House official later said.
France 24
