(Photo: AFP)TEHRAN - Israel launched strikes across Iran on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump said Tehran wanted a deal to end the nearly four-week war despite its top diplomat rejecting any talks with Washington. “They are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly,” Trump told a dinner for Republican members of Congress. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump “does not bluff and he is prepared to unleash hell” on Iran if no deal is struck. These include guarantees that the United States and Israel do not resume the war and compensation for war damages. Iran has still kept up retaliatory attacks on Israel and Gulf nations that it accuses of serving as launchpads for US strikes.

Source: Bangkok Post March 26, 2026 07:51 UTC