Iran Receives Ceasefire Proposal Amid Escalating US Strikes and Regional Tensions

A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday that Tehran had received a proposal from mediators for a 10-day ceasefire in an effort to salvage the interim deal, intended to pave the way to a lasting agreement to end the war that began on Feb 28. Iran's foreign ministry said mediators had recently presented proposals to Tehran, signalling that diplomatic contacts remain active. Neither the ministry nor the official gave any further details.

Separately, two Pakistani govt sources said Iran's interior minister Eskandar Momeni, on his second visit to Islamabad in less than a week, had asked Pakistan to resume its mediation role in Iran's conflict with the US. The diplomatic push followed another night of US strikes on Iranian cities and attacks by Iran's Revolutionary Guards on US military assets across the region. US President Trump defended the latest strikes on Iran as honouring the deaths of up to three American service members in recent Iranian attacks.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), meanwhile, said two oil tankers had exploded after attempting to transit the strait via an "unsafe" route. On Sunday, the IRGC had said two ships were involved in an "accident" in the same area. It was unclear whether the two incidents were related. Separately, a vessel was struck by an unknown projectile off Oman's coast, overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said. The vessel remains adrift but the crew are safe, it said. US Central Command said its ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran aimed at "degrading" the country's ability to attack commercial vessels in the strait. It gave no further details. In Iran, explosions were reported in Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Mahshahr and Bandar Imam Khomeini. One person was killed and several others wounded southwest of Tabriz.