President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. and Iran failed to reach a peace deal after 21 hours of negotiations.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military and government sites.
Trump set a deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face broad strikes on its critical infrastructure. Hours before the deadline expired, Trump said he had agreed to suspend planned bombing for two weeks if Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi then said that "safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he supported the ceasefire with Iran, but that Lebanon -- where intense Israeli strikes continued -- was not covered by the agreement, despite Iranian protests.
Key Headlines
- US blockade of Iranian ports to begin Monday, CENTCOM says
- Military vessels approaching Strait of Hormuz 'will be met with severe force,' IRGC says
- DOJ will 'vigorously prosecute' buyers or sellers of sanctioned Iranian oil, Blanche says
- Despite blockade announcement, Trump urges Iran to open Strait of Hormuz
- President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz
Iran won't accept ceasefire without guarantees, Pakistani official says
Iran will not accept a ceasefire without "suitable guarantees," a Pakistani security official told ABC News on Monday.
"Any process for a ceasefire without suitable guarantees and assurances would be unacceptable to Iran," the official said, responding to reports that mediators are pushing for a ceasefire to halt the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
-ABC News' Habibullah Khan and Somayeh Malekian
US 15-point peace plan 'not acceptable,' Iranian official says
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that a 15-point peace plan proposed by the U.S. to end the current conflict is unacceptable to Tehran.
Answering a question from the state-run news agency IRNA about reports of a new ceasefire plan during his weekly presser, Baghaei said, "A few days ago, they put forward proposals through intermediaries, and the 15-point U.S. plan was reflected through Pakistan and some other friendly countries."
"Right then we stated that such proposals are both extremely ambitious, unusual and illogical and not acceptable to us in any way," he said.
"Regardless of that proposal, we prepared the set of demands that we had and have based on our own interests and our own considerations," Baghaei said.
-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian
IRGC Navy says Strait of Hormuz will 'never return to its former state'
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval Command said in a post to X overnight that the Strait of Hormuz "will never return to its former state, especially for America and Israel."
"The navy of the IRGC is in the process of completing the operational preparations for the announced plan of Iran's officials for the new order in the Persian Gulf," the statement said.
-ABC News' Joe Simonetti, Jordana Miller and Somayeh Malekian
IRGC says intelligence chief Majid Khademi killed
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' chief of intelligence, Majid Khademi, was killed in an attack overnight, the IRGC's public relations arm confirmed in a statement on Monday.
The IRGC statement blamed the "American-Israeli enemy" for Khademi's killing.
Khademi had been recently appointed to the role, replacing the previous intelligence chief -- Mohammad Kazemi -- who was killed in an Israeli attack in June during the 12-day war.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Monday that Israel was responsible for the assassination. Khademi, Katz said, was "directly responsible" for "war crimes and one of the three most senior figures" in the IRGC.
In a post to X, the Israel Defense Forces said Khademi was "one of the IRGC's most senior commanders and had accumulated extensive experience over many years."
-ABC News’ Somayeh Malekian