Iran Scoffs at Diplomacy, Expands Strikes on Israel, Gulf States

Iran’s military on March 25 dismissed the idea of negotiating with the United States to end the war, as Tehran launched fresh missile and drone attacks on Israel and energy infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, signaling no sign of de-escalation of the conflict. Strikes overnight targeted multiple sites in Israel, while Iranian attacks on Gulf energy facilities and Tehran’s continued chokehold on key oil shipping routes signaled no immediate end in sight to the war. A spokesman for Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters—which oversees coordination between Iran’s regular armed forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—rejected the assertion that Tehran was negotiating to end the war....