Iran dismisses US ceasefire proposal

 https://thehill.com/policy/international/5799701-iran-dismissal-us-ceasefire-proposal-pakistan/

Iran has dismissed an initial 15-point ceasefire proposal from the United States, according to the state-run Fars news agency.

“Iran does not accept a ceasefire,” an “informed person” told the outlet. “Basically, it is not logical to enter into such a process with those who violate the agreement.”

Even amid the alleged talks, the Pentagon is preparing to deploy roughly 2,000 soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill on Tuesday.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, earlier this week denied that negotiations between Tehran and Washington were taking place.

“No negotiations have been held with the US, and [fake news] is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped,” he wrote on the social platform X.