Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baghaei presents Tehran’s demands to end US-Israel War, April 6, 2026
US-Israel War on Iran, Day 38: Trump’s War Crimes Threat
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Israel says it struck another key petrochemical compound in Iran, this time in Shiraz in the southwest of the country.
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Almost 3,600 people have been killed in Iran, including at least 1,665 civilians, by the US-Israel War, reported the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
At least 248 of those killed were children.
On Monday, at least 49 civilians were killed and 58 injured, HRANA summarized. The agency recorded 573 attacks in 215 incidents across 20 of Iran’s 31 provinces, the highest rate of attacks in the last 10 days.
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Iran has struck a Saudi petrochemical complex overnight.
“An attack caused a fire at the SABIC [Saudi Basic Industries Corporation] plants in Jubail. The sounds of explosions were very loud,” a witness said.
Videos on social media claimed to show a fire in the complex.
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Reports indicate Al Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia is on fire following Iranian strikes. pic.twitter.com/c6KbzFmh3z
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 6, 2026
The Saudi Ministry of Defence said seven ballistic missiles were intercepted over the east of the country.
The King Fahd Bridge was closed to traffic, suspending the only land link with Bahrain.
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Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry says one of seven Malaysian commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz has been allowed to pass.
The transit followed diplomatic talks with Iranian officials led by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: The Trump camp and Iran’s regime have exchanged demands in a Pakistan-led mediation effort to end the US-Israel War.
Iran officially rejected US conditions with a 10-clause list of its own. They included an end to all conflicts in the region, a protocol for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, lifting of sanctions, and provisions for reconstruction.
The American demands were not specified, but they were likely similar to a 15-point ultimatum issued last month. Those demands included a permanent end to Iran’s nuclear program; strict limits on its ballistic missiles; the cutting of links with groups throughout the Middle East such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis, and Iraqi militias; and an end to Tehran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump reiterated that his Tuesday 8 p.m. “deadline” for Iranian capitulation is final, saying Iran’s proposal is significant but not good enough.
He said US campaign will continue, with strikes on civilian infrastructure breaking international law, because the regime they “just don’t want to say ‘uncle’” and surrender.
“If they don’t, they’ll have no bridges, they’ll have no power plants, no anything,” he threatened.
Trump: "We are obliterating their country, and they just don't want to say 'uncle.' But they will. And if they don't, they'll have no bridges, no power plants, no anything. I won't go further because there are other things that are worse than those two, and we might have — well,… pic.twitter.com/zHUCGSwgT6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2026
In a press conference on Monday afternoon, he blustered, “The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night.”
Questioned if he was committed war crimes, he responded, “I’m not worried about it.” He repeated the false claim about the status of Iran’s nuclear program: “You know what’s a war crime? Having a nuclear weapon.”
In a series of contradictions, he insisted that he was still open to a deal with Iran an “active, willing participant” in negotiations. “We may even get involved with helping them rebuild their nation,” he said.
But then he said the Iranian people should rise up and overthrow the regime if a ceasefire were declared.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei reiterated Tehran’s position that negotiations are “incompatible with ultimatums and threats to commit war crimes”. The Iranian military command warned of a “much more devastating” retaliation if the US stepped up strikes.
On Monday, Israel struck Iran’s largest petrochemical facility, part of world’s largest gas field South Pars.
The facility in Asaluyeh is responsible for half of petrochemical Iran’s production. Israel earlier claimed the bombing of Iran’s second-largest facility, Mahshahr, with 35% of production.
Israel also killed Majid Khademi, the intelligence head of the Revolutionary Guards.
