Tehran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and wants a permanent end to the war, says Iran's state-run IRNA news agency. "We won't merely accept a ceasefire," Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, head of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Cairo, told The Associated Press on Monday. : Trump issues another deadline in expletive-laden social post as Iran stays defiant | Duration 6:21 In an expletive-laden social post on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued another threatening deadline to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or they would be 'living in hell.' An Israeli attack in March on South Pars facilities sparked major Iranian attacks targeting oil and gas infrastructure across the Gulf Arab states. The Bushehr nuclear power plant uses low-enriched uranium from Russia, along with Russian technicians, to supply about 1,000 megawatts of power for Iran.

Source: CBC News April 06, 2026 16:26 UTC