On Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported that Iran had conveyed its position on the ceasefire proposal to the United States via Pakistan in the form of a 10-point response. In this way, the Iranian regime gave a negative response to the U.S. proposal.
According to the report, Tehran has opposed a temporary ceasefire and instead emphasized the necessity of a full and permanent end to the war. In this response, a set of demands was raised, including halting regional hostilities, establishing a mechanism for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reconstruction of damages, and the lifting of sanctions.
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Meanwhile, some Western media outlets, including Axios, described this position as maximalist and assessed the likelihood of its acceptance by the Trump administration as low.
Major attack on Asaluyeh petrochemical facilities
Israel confirmed that it targeted petrochemical facilities in the South Pars region of Asaluyeh today.
Israel Katz, Israel’s defense minister, described the airstrike on Iran’s petrochemical facilities in Asaluyeh as a severe economic blow worth tens of billions of dollars. In a statement, he said the Israeli military had targeted Iran’s largest petrochemical complex in Asaluyeh, which he said is responsible for producing about 50% of the country’s petrochemical products.
According to the Israeli defense minister, two main facilities through which about 85% of Iran’s petrochemical exports are processed have been put out of operation following these attacks.
Meanwhile, the state-run Fars News Agency reported that several explosions were heard in the South Pars petrochemical zone in Asaluyeh. Domestic media also reported that Mobin Energy and Damavand Energy petrochemical plants in Asaluyeh were targeted.
Drone attack on Komala headquarters in Sulaymaniyah; escalating tensions and widespread condemnation
Early Monday, April 6, the representative office of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan Toilers in the city of Sulaymaniyah, located in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, was targeted in a drone strike. According to local sources, the attack was carried out using two drones within a short interval.
Local sources also said that Shahed-136 drones were used in the operation, drones that have previously been used in similar attacks.
At the same time, fresh reports indicate that on Monday afternoon, another base belonging to the Kurdistan Freedom Party was also targeted in a drone strike, further raising concerns about the expansion of these attacks and increasing regional tensions.
These developments come as Iraq’s Kurdistan Region has repeatedly witnessed similar attacks in recent years, and the repetition of such actions poses serious threats to regional security and civilian residents.
Majid Khademi, head of IRGC Intelligence Organization, killed
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Monday, April 6, that Majid Khademi, head of the intelligence organization of this military body, was killed during the early morning U.S. and Israeli attacks.
In the IRGC statement, Khademi was described as one of the veteran figures in the regime’s security structure who, according to the force, had been active in intelligence and security fields for nearly half a century and had played an influential role.
Majid Khademi was appointed head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization last summer after the killing of Mohammad Kazemi during Israeli strikes in the 12-day war. Before that, he headed the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.
The U.S. Treasury Department had also placed him on its sanctions list last February and identified the IRGC Intelligence Organization as one of the main pillars in imposing security pressure, carrying out arrests, and suppressing protests in Iran.
The IRGC Intelligence Organization is considered one of the key institutions in the Iranian regime’s security structure, tasked with duties such as counter-espionage within the IRGC, preventing infiltration by opposition currents, protecting classified information, and maintaining security-political oversight over the force’s personnel.
