Iran Guards said they fired missiles at Israel and US forces in bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain; crude oil prices fall sharply in early trading

Trump’s rehashed 15-point Iran plan unlikely to appease Tehran

An Iranian military spokesperson mocked US attempts at a ceasefire deal on Wednesday, insisting Americans were only negotiating with themselves, Associated Press reported.

In a prerecorded video aired on state television Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the US’s strategic power had turned into “strategic failure”.

The one claiming to be a global superpower would have already gotten out of this mess if it could. Don’t dress up your defeat as an agreement. Your era of empty promises has come to an end.