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Mar 25, 2026 4:10 AM

US-Iran War Updates March 25: Iran Dismisses Trump's Negotiation Claims As Fighting Continues, Israeli Jet Intercepted

Here are the latest developments in the U.S.–Israel–Iran war at 3.15 AM ET on Wednesday, as the conflict enters its twenty-sixth day.

Israel and Iran continued to trade airstrikes, while Tehran’s military dismissed President Donald Trump‘s assertion that the United States was engaged in talks to end the war, accusing Washington of essentially “negotiating with itself.”

Iran Rejects Trump’s Claims Amid Reports Of 15-Point Plan

The unified command of the Iranian Armed Forces, which is dominated by the hardline elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), rejected Trump’s claims amid reports that the U.S. has sent a 15-point ‌plan for discussion to Tehran through back channels via Pakistan.

“Has the level of your inner struggle reached the stage of you (Trump) negotiating with yourself?” said Ebrahim Zolfaqari, the top spokesperson for Iran’s joint military command, as reported by Reuters.

“As we have always said… no one like us will make a deal with you. Not now. Not ever.”

In a statement to India today, Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s spokesperson for the foreign ministry, said: “We've had a very catastrophic experience, I should say, of the United States diplomacy. We were attacked two times within a span of nine months when we were in ...