Iran has denied that talks with the US are taking place, but Trump says if they admit it, “they’ll be killed by their own people” – read a summary of the president’s latest comments here
On Wednesday, an Iranian official issued five conditions to end the war – that came after Iran reportedly received a 15-point plan from the US
The White House said President Trump’s preference was “always peace” – but he was “prepared to unleash hell”
Attacks on Iran and Lebanon continue, while two people have been killed by debris from an intercepted missile in Abu Dhabi, thought to be from Iran
Meanwhile, UK Defence Secretary John Healey says Russia was sharing intelligence and providing training to Iran before the war began
A government-imposed digital blackout in Iran has entered its 27th day, according to internet monitoring group NetBlocks.
NetBlocks says in its daily update that Iran has been isolated from the global internet for 624 hours and that “rights monitors, independent media and the public are sidelined as access is granted only to those on a state-approved whitelist”.
Despite the internet blackout, which began on 28 February when the US and Israel began strikes, the BBC has been able to speak to some Iranians about the war.
Earlier, a young Iranian man told the BBC of his fears of being made to do military service, and about how he recently lost a close friend in an air strike.
Iranian outlets have reported that the parliament (Majlis) is seeking to approve a law to levy tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
The head of the parliament’s construction committee has said that a “draft has been prepared but has not reached the stage of a full bill” and the aim is, they say, to “provide security for vessels passing”.
It hasn’t been specified yet how much the possible tolls are going to be.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said last night in a televised interview on state TV that Iran has so far accepted requests of vessels passing by countries such as “China, Russia, Pakistan, Iraq, and India”.
He said Hormuz from Iran’s perspective “is not completely closed but closed to enemies”.
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