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IRAN WAR UPDATES: Trump says Iran must 'get serious soon' on negotiations

· Toronto Sun

Iran and the United States seem to have conflicting statements over progress toward ending the war on Friday.

After the U.S. presented a 15-point ceasefire plan, which was dismissed by Iran, the latter presented its own proposal to end things — as its own military fired missiles at Israel.

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Iran wanted to formalize its control over the Strait of Hormuz by imposing fees for ships wishing to travel through it unscathed. Meanwhile, the U.S. is preparing for the arrival of thousands of troops who could be used on the ground in Iran.

The death toll from the war has risen to more than 1,500 people in Iran and about 1,100 people in Lebanon, with dozens more killed in Israel and elsewhere in the area. Thirteen members of the U.S. military have died. Millions of people in Lebanon and Iran have been displaced.

Here’s what’s going on Thursday in the war in Iran:

Pakistani diplomat says ‘U.S.-Iran indirect talks are taking place’

Pakistan’s top diplomat, Ishaq Dar, has claimed indirect talks between the United States and Iran are still ongoing, even as Washington and Tehran offer opposing proposals.

Dar made the comment, which marked the first time Islamabad has publicly acknowledged being the channel by which the two countries were negotiating.

“U.S.-Iran indirect talks are taking place through messages being relayed by Pakistan,” Dar wrote on X.

He said Egypt and Turkey, as well as other countries, are working to back the talks.

Trump: Iran must ‘get serious soon’ on negotiations

Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to tell Iran it needs to “get serious soon” on negotiations to end the war.

Without offering a specific threat, Trump said Iranian leaders should engage “before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NOT TURNING BACK.”

The comments come a day after Trump insisted a deal is near. He said on Thursday again that Iran is “‘begging’ us to make a deal” after the U.S. pitched a 15-point ceasefire plan that Iran rejected.

Israel: Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s navy chief  killed in strike

Israel said Thursday it killed the head of Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s navy, Commodore Alireza Tangsiri.

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Tangsiri was killed along with other senior naval commanders in an overnight strike

According to Katz, Tangsiri was responsible for bombing operations that blocked ships from crossing the Strait of Hormuz.

He said the strike was “clear message” to top Iranian military officials that the Israeli military would hunt them down.

Iran did not immediately acknowledge Tangsiri’s killing.

Iran ‘charging fees’ for safe passage through Strait

The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi, said during a news conference that Iran is charging fees for ships to safely transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Al-Budaiwi oversees the GCC, a bloc of six Gulf Arab nations including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. hits more than 10,000 targets in Iran war

U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper said the country has hit more than 10,000 targets so far in the Iran War.

The head of the American military’s Central Command made the comments in a video released early Thursday.

“If you combine what we’ve accomplished with the success of our Israeli ally, together, we have struck thousands more,” Cooper said. “Our precision strikes have overwhelmed Iranian air defences, and our combat flights are having tangible effects.”

Cooper said the U.S. has destroyed 92% of “the Iranian navy’s largest vessels.”

He also said the U.S. has struck over two-thirds of Iran’s munitions plants.

Iran has not acknowledged any of its materiel losses through the war.

– With files from The Associated Press

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