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Iran receives ‘highly unreasonable’ US peace proposals as Pentagon amasses troops: As it happened on March 29

Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia have met in Islamabad to discuss de-escalation in the Middle East

Published 28 Mar, 2026 21:51 | Updated 30 Mar, 2026 01:37

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Iran has received proposals from the United States through mediators, but Tehran thinks they’re “highly unreasonable,” Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has said as quoted by RT bureau in the Islamic Republic.

The mediators in question are Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The foreign ministers of these countries met in Islamabad for peace negotiations earlier Sunday.

Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf earlier claimed that the country's forces are “waiting” for American troops, as he accused the US of “secretly planning a ground invasion” while talking about negotiations.

US Central Command said yesterday that the USS Tripoli – carrying 3,500 US service members – has arrived in the Middle East.

A month of war has shown the strategic failure of attacking Iran

Here are the latest developments:

The Israeli military has said it is ready for a “multi-front war” after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels entered the conflict with missile attacks on Israel.
Explosions have been heard in Tehran amid heavy bombardment, as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened to hit US and Israeli university campuses in retaliation for strikes on Iranian education institutions.
Protests against the war were reported in Tel Aviv and cities across the US and Europe, while in Lebanon crowds gathered in Beirut after three journalists were killed in what was described as a targeted Israeli strike.

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29 March 2026
20:48 GMT
The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed Iran’s Khondab heavy water production plant “sustained severe damage and is no longer operational,” as cited by Al Jazeera.
”The installation contains no declared nuclear material,” the IAEA stated.
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Israel confirmed that it bombed the Khondab reactor on Friday. The IAEA based its findings on independent satellite imagery analysis as well as its own knowledge of the facility.
20:41 GMT
Netanyahu prevented Catholics from celebrating Palm Sunday without any explanation, Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez has said in a post on X.
Israeli police prevented senior Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, barring them from celebrating one of the most important services in the Christian calendar, church authorities have said in a joint statement.
Netanyahu ha impedido a los católicos celebrar el Domingo de Ramos en los Lugares Santos de Jerusalén. Sin explicación alguna. Sin razones ni motivos.Desde el Gobierno de España condenamos este ataque injustificado a la libertad religiosa y exigimos a Israel que respete la…
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) March 29, 2026
19:53 GMT
Footage has emerged of the aftermath of Iranian missiles striking the Emirates Global Aluminum Al-Taweelah facility, located between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, where a heavy fire was observed yesterday.
🚨Breaking: Following the barrage of Iranian missiles and one-way attack drones sent to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier today, the Emirates Global Aluminum Al-Taweelah facility between Abu Dhabi and Dubai has heavy fire activity. pic.twitter.com/PPAutYFEWW
— The Middle East (@A_M_R_M1) March 29, 2026
The UAE’s state-owned aluminum conglomerate, Emirates Global Aluminum, commented on the attack on Saturday, stating that its Al-Taweelah production base suffered “significant damage” from the Iranian strikes.
19:22 GMT
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has met with Jordanian King Abdullah II for talks “to discuss regional developments.”
Kiev has been attempting to utilize its experience in intercepting Russian drones to assist Gulf nations, and has reached agreements to collaborate on defense initiatives with Gulf states.
Ukrainian anti-drone experts have been deployed to the region since Iran began responding to US-Israeli aerial bombardments that started more than one month ago.
19:16 GMT
Some areas of Tehran have experienced power outages following the US strikes, according to IRIB. Despite this, crowds have gathered in the streets chanting “Allahu Akbar.”
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Power industry operational teams are still working to reconnect electricity in the remaining affected areas as quickly as possible, according to the RT team in Tehran.
19:06 GMT
Iran has received proposals from the United States through mediators, but Tehran thinks they’re “highly unreasonable,” Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has said. The mediators in question are Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
The foreign ministers of these countries met in Islamabad for peace negotiations earlier Sunday.
18:22 GMT

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Iran continues retaliatory strikes as IDF kills journalists in Lebanon: As it happened on March 28

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he has ordered the expansion of Israel’s security buffer zone in southern Lebanon “in order to finally thwart the threat of invasion and to keep the anti-tank missile fire away from our border.”
The IDF has advanced further into southern Lebanon in recent weeks, occupying the territory south of the Litani River, which they have urged Lebanese residents to evacuate.
In recent days, the Israeli military has destroyed several bridges over the river, which divides Lebanon, as part of a larger offensive in the south.
18:00 GMT
The American embassy in Doha has warned US citizens to be prepared for any attacks and said it’s reducing consular services.
”We recommend  that all Americans in Qatar  remain vigilant and be prepared to  duck and cover  in a secure location if the Qatari authorities issue an alert,” the statement says.
Qatar: The U.S. Embassy in Doha is conducting reduced operations with its remaining emergency personnel. We recommend that all Americans in Qatar remain vigilant and be prepared to duck and cover in a secure location if the Qatari authorities issue an alert. Please… pic.twitter.com/jhYGatHkcI
— TravelGov (@TravelGov) March 29, 2026
17:29 GMT
The death toll continues to climb in Lebanon as the Israeli army continues its invasion. More than 1,200 people have been killed over the past four weeks, the Lebanese authorities have said.
The toll includes 124 children, with more than 3,500 people wounded, the Health Ministry added in a statement.
On Saturday and Sunday alone, 49 people were killed, including ten rescue workers and three journalists.
17:05 GMT
Four people were injured from falling debris in the Beersheba area in southern Israel, following the Iranian attack there, Ynet has reported.
Nine others are being treated for anxiety, according to Israel’s emergency service.
Following the missile fire toward southern Israel:In the Be’er Sheva region, MDA teams are providing medical treatment and evacuating 13 casualties to Soroka Hospital, including: 4 in mild condition who were injured by blast impacts, and 9 suffering from anxiety. pic.twitter.com/XJyBYKh2Mm
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) March 29, 2026
A chemical plant was hit by an Iranian missile in the attack earlier today, with authorities warning residents nearby to remain indoors because of fears over a hazardous leak.

28 March 2026
21:41 GMT
Israel has conducted a third raid against unspecified targets across Iran, the IDF said in a statement, promising to release more details soon.
“A short while ago, the IDF completed a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting dozens of infrastructure sites belonging to the Iranian terror regime across Tehran,” the military said.
21:45 GMT
RT’s Tehran bureau chief Hami Hamedi reports that heavy attacks targeted multiple areas of the Iranian capital in the past hour. In northern Tehran, a multi-story building located across from the Press TV building was reportedly struck. Hamedi, whose home is nearby, said he felt a strong blast wave but the media building itself remains intact.
21:47 GMT
Yemen’s Houthis claim to have launched a second missile attack on Israel, according to a prerecorded statement from military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree aired by the group’s Al-Masirah satellite television.
Saree said the Iranian-backed rebels targeted multiple sites in southern Israel, timing the attack to coincide with operations from Iran and Hezbollah. He did not identify the specific locations.
The launch came hours after the Houthis’ first missile attack against Israel since the war began a month ago.
22:06 GMT
Iraqi air defenses intercepted two drones headed for the US embassy in Baghdad, according to security officials cited by AFP. The unmanned aircraft were brought down outside the Green Zone, the heavily fortified district that hosts government buildings and foreign missions.
In a separate incident, a drone crashed inside Iraq’s Majnoon oilfield in Basra province but did not detonate, Reuters reported, citing the Iraqi defence ministry.
22:13 GMT
Earlier on Saturday, Yemen’s Houthi armed forces announced their formal entry into the war against the US-Israeli axis, declaring support for Iran and other “resistance” factions in the region.
READ MORE: The next maritime hot zone: Why the Red Sea can’t escape the Iran crisis

According to Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the first salvo of ballistic missiles from Yemen targeted “sensitive Israeli military sites in the southern occupied territories,” and was timed to align with operations carried out by Iran and Hezbollah.
The Houthis cited ongoing military escalation, strikes on infrastructure, and "atrocities" committed in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, and Gaza as justification for the move, vowing that retaliatory actions would persist until aggression against all resistance fronts comes to an end.
22:33 GMT
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has accused the US and Israel of “deliberately” attacking the country’s educational facilities and research centres, including the Isfahan University of Technology and the University of Science and Technology in Tehran.
Isfahan University of Technology and the University of Science and Technology in Tehran are just two among many universities and research centers deliberately attacked by the aggressors during the past 30 days of their illegal war on the Iranian nation.In fact, the…
— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) March 28, 2026
“The American-Israeli aggression against Iran continues to reveal its true objective: to cripple our country’s scientific foundation and cultural heritage by systematically targeting universities, research centers, historical monuments, and prominent scientists," the ministry’s spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei wrote in a post on X.
READ MORE: Iranian footballers honor schoolchildren killed in suspected US strike (VIDEO)

According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, the US and Israel have damaged or destroyed at least 600 schools and 281 medical facilities, as well as more than 85,000 civilian structures including 64,583 homes since late February.
In the first days of the military campaign, a suspected US Tomahawk cruise missile razed the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school, killing at least 175 people, most of them children.
22:47 GMT
The Israeli airstrikes on Tehran allegedly hit a residential area in the capital’s Saadat Abad neighborhood, with search and rescue teams looking for survivors under the rubble of a heavily damaged building, according to Press TV’s correspondent Moeen Amini reporting from the scene.
23:20 GMT
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has declared American and Israeli universities in the Middle East legitimate targets in retaliation for continued attacks on Iranian academic institutions, according to a statement published by the IRGC’s public relations office.
The warning, labeled as Notification No. 50, comes after what the IRGC described as repeated US-Israeli bombings of Iranian universities, including the latest strikes on Tehran’s University of Science and Technology.
“The reckless rulers of the White House should know that from now on, all universities of the occupying regime and American universities in the West Asia region are legitimate targets for us until two universities are struck in retaliation for the Iranian universities that have been destroyed,” the IRGC said.
23:40 GMT
The IRGC set a deadline of 12:00pm Tehran time on Monday, March 30, for the United States to issue an official condemnation of the strikes on Iranian universities – including the latest strikes on the Isfahan University of Technology and the University of Science and Technology in Tehran.
The statement warned that if Washington fails to do so, two yet-to-be-named universities will be struck in retaliation. The corps advised all staff, faculty, students, and residents within a one-kilometer radius of any US or Israeli-linked universities to evacuate the area to ensure their safety.
The IRGC further cautioned that if the US wants to prevent additional retaliatory strikes beyond those two, it must stop Israel from attacking Iranian universities and research centers. “Otherwise, the threat remains valid and will be carried out,” the statement added.
29 March 2026
00:17 GMT
Aluminium Bahrain has confirmed that its facility was damaged and two employees sustained minor injuries in an Iranian attack on Saturday. The company said it is currently assessing the extent of the damage while focusing on maintaining operational resilience and the safety of its workforce, according to a statement carried by the Bahrain News Agency.
Earlier, Iranian state media listed Alba among several regional industrial sites targeted by Iranian forces in retaliation for Israeli strikes on two Iranian steel plants.
Tehran promised an “eye for an eye” response against any attacks, and vowed to destroy all US and Israeli-linked oil and gas facilities should US President Donald Trump deliver on his threat to erase Iran’s energy infrastructure.
Trump repeatedly walked back his threat, citing alleged “talks,” and repeatedly shifted the deadline, most recently extending it by another 10 days to April 6.