Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump to address nation; Iran President asks U.S. people if war puts 'America First'

U.S. President Donald Trump is acceptable to code the federation astir the warfare against Iran, connected April 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

President Donald Trump said connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) that Iran’s President had asked for a ceasefire, but ruled retired immoderate truce until the captious Strait of Hormuz was reopened for important vigor shipments. But his assertion was flatly denied by Iran, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei rejecting it arsenic “false and baseless”.

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Tehran has insisted determination are nary ongoing negotiations to extremity the war, and launched caller rocket attacks connected Israel and U.S.-allied Gulf nations connected Wednesday, arsenic AFP journalists reported monolithic explosions successful the Iranian capital. Iran said connected Thursday (April 2, 2026) that Washington’s demands were “maximalist and irrational”.

Iran’s President asked the radical of the United States if the West Asia struggle was genuinely putting “America First”, accusing the U.S. of warfare crimes and being influenced by Israel up of a much-anticipated code by Donald Trump. He questioned whether Washington entered the warfare “as a proxy for Israel, influenced and manipulated by that regime”.

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