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Live: Iran rejects any immediate move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz Live Updates Tehran has rejected any immediate move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz despite the US deadline fast approaching. Meanwhile, the United States and Iran received the framework of a plan to end the five‑week-old war. President Donald Trump has threatened to rain "hell" on Tehran if it did not make a deal by the end of Tuesday.

Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, was in contact "all night long" with US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, the source said. Iran won't reopen the Strait as part of a temporary ceasefire, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, adding that Iran won't accept deadlines as it reviews the proposal. Washington lacks the readiness for a permanent ceasefire, the official said.

We earlier reported that Iran and the United States have received a plan to end war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, says Tehran has formulated its diplomatic response to the US and will announce it in due time. The proposal, dubbed the 'Islamabad Accord', would involve a ceasefire that would take effect "immediately" and involve "reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with 15-20 days to finalise a broader agreement", according to a Reuters report.

A strike hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, the latest raid since war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah last month. AFP said live footage showed smoke billowing from the area, which has been pummelled and largely emptied of residents following repeated Israeli strikes and forced evacuation orders.

In 2018, Emirati academic Abdulkhaleq Abdulla published a book titled The Gulf Moment, arguing that states such as the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia had eclipsed countries such as Egypt and Iraq - the historical core of the region - and were now projecting political, economic and cultural power on the world stage. Central to this transformation, he argued, was the deep integration of Gulf states within the global economy.

“The Gulf’s moment is unprecedented in Arab history,” he wrote, noting that it “coincided with the coming of a new defining moment in world history, namely globalisation”. Abdulla correctly pointed out that the integration of Gulf states within the global economy has been central to their success, as their development is deeply tied to international flows of energy, commodities, capital and labour. Read more: Has US war on Iran killed the 'Gulf moment'?

Opinion by Christian Henderson Inaction by the UN nuclear watchdog "emboldens aggression" against nuclear facilities such as the Bushehr power plant, Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said on Monday in a letter addressed to the International Atomic Energy Agency's director. Eslami said Iran's only functioning nuclear power plant had so far been targeted four times, with the most recent attack in its vicinity on 4 April killing a security staff member and injuring others.

He warned that such attacks could risk the release of radioactive material from an operating reactor and could have “irreparable consequences” for people, the environment and neighbouring countries. He described the attacks as a clear breach of international law, and criticised what he called the agency’s "lack of decisive action", saying mere expressions of concern were insufficient and would embolden further attacks. An Iranian attack on a residential area in northern Kuwait injured six people on Monday, the Gulf country's health ministry said.

It followed a post on X by Kuwait's army earlier in the day saying the nation's air defences were working to intercept incoming missiles and drones. "Falling projectiles and debris in a residential area in the north of the country after an Iranian aggression," the ministry said.

"The total number of injuries rose to six, with varying degrees of wounds." Hamas’s military spokesman, Abu Obeida, said on Sunday that the group’s disarmament in Gaza would not be discussed before Israel fulfils its obligations under the first phase of the US-led ceasefire agreement. In a pre-recorded speech, Abu Obeida also expressed support for Iran’s strikes on Israel, mourned the death of Ali Khamenei, and accused ceasefire mediators of placing pressure on Palestinian factions while ignoring Israeli violations.

He described the US–Israeli war on Iran as an extension of the genocide in Gaza. “The heinous crimes committed by the Zionist-American aggression against our brothers in the Islamic Republic remind the world of the genocidal crimes in Gaza,” he said. Read more: Hamas rules out disarmament before Israel meets ceasefire terms The death of Majid Khademi, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence organisation, was announced on Monday by Iranian state media, without additional detail.

US forces on Kuwait's Bubiyan island were targeted by Iran, the spokesperson of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a video statement shared by state media on Monday. Ebrahim Zolfaghari said Iran targeted satellite equipment and munitions on the island with drones, adding that US forces had relocated there from Arifjan camp after that base was repeatedly struck by Iran. Bubiyan island is the largest of Kuwait's coastal islands chain, located in the northwest of the Gulf.

Six people were injured from debris falling in a residential area in northern Kuwait after an Iranian attack, Kuwait's health ministry said earlier. Israeli reservists created and distributed a Temple-themed board game to fellow soldiers last week ahead of Passover, according to the army. The gifts were first reported by journalist Or Kashti last week, who said that the game - titled From Egypt to Jerusalem - tasks players with reaching the Temple by progressing across a board featuring religious and military imagery.

Instructions invite players to “choose a route from Egypt” and advance towards Jerusalem, ending with the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem”, commonly recited during Passover. Read more: Israeli soldiers given Temple-themed board game ahead of Passover Simultaneous US-Israeli attacks have hit the intelligence headquarters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq's Nineveh and Salah al-Din governorates, Al Jazeera has reported, citing the PMF.

Israeli settlers burned a house, two tents and three vehicles, and assaulted Palestinians in the town of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, early on Monday morning, according to Wafa news agency. The head of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya's municipal council, Yaqoub Awais, said that settlers attacked the Wadi al-Lubban al-Shamali area, assaulting several Palestinians. Two of the victims were hospitalised.

Iran and the United States have received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals told Reuters on Monday. A framework to end hostilities has been put together by Pakistan and exchanged with Iran and the US overnight, the source said, outlining a two-tier approach with an immediate ceasefire followed by a comprehensive agreement.

"All elements need to be agreed today," the source said, adding the initial understanding would be structured as a memorandum of understanding finalised electronically through Pakistan, the sole communication channel in the talks. Axios first reported on Sunday that the United States, Iran and regional mediators were discussing a potential 45-day ceasefire as part of a two-phase deal that could lead to a permanent end to the war, citing US, Israeli and regional sources.

Israel’s health ministry said 163 people were taken to hospitals over the past 24 hours with injuries linked to the conflict with Iran and Hezbollah, The Times of Israel reported. An 82-year-old man seriously injured in a recent Iranian ballistic missile strike underwent surgery and remains sedated and ventilated, according to a hospital spokesperson, the report said. Separately, Rabin Medical Centre said a person injured in a strike in Petah Tikvah was admitted in moderate to serious condition.

There are multiple reports of damage in Petah Tikva, central Israel, from an Iranian missile. pic.twitter.com/UrWu53sb4B — Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) April 6, 2026

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