Middle East continues to boil: Iran turns down US 48 hour ceasefire proposal
Iran has rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, according to an unnamed source cited by the country's semi-official Fars news agency. The rejection comes as the Middle East enters its fifth consecutive month of war, with no end in sight and tensions continuing to escalate.
Iran has declined a US proposal for a short-term ceasefire. The offer, which called for a 48-hour halt in hostilities, was delivered via an intermediary nation. Iran targeted another US aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz, bringing down an A-10 Warthog attack plane. This marks the second US jet hit by Iran this week. Iran has conveyed that it does not intend to hold talks with US officials and holds America's demands as unacceptable. Tensions have been fuelled by recent remarks from US President Donald Trump, which Iran has publicly rejected.
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