Israel Asks Iran, Through Intermediaries, to Stop Attacks, Return to Nuclear Talks: US Media

Monday, 16 June 2025 12:57 PM

The image shows extensive damage in occupied ity of Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv that was hit by Iranian missile on Monday 16, 2025.

Israel has asked Iran, through western mediators, to stop its retaliatory attacks and return to nuclear negotiations with the United States, American media report.

The Israeli regime is openly threatening Tehran, while secretly reaches out to the Islamic Republic to stop the war, according to the American broadcast television network NBC that quoted a senior Iranian source in Tehran as saying on Monday that Tel Aviv has made the demand through Western countries as intermediaries.

A representative for Israel's prime minister refused to immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.

Using his social media platform Truth Social, US President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that Iran and Israel will end their violent conflict by "making a deal" through his mediation.

"We will have peace, soon, between Israel and Iran. Many calls and meetings now taking place,” he said.

Iran’s IRGC launches a fresh wave of retaliatory True Promise III operation against the Zionist regime.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) started its retaliatory Operation True Promise III in evening of June 13, hours after the Israeli regime, backed by the United States, carried out a large-scale military aggression on multiple locations inside Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and residential buildings in Tehran and other cities.

The regime assassinated high-ranking Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists. Civilians, including children and women, were also killed in the savage acts of aggression.

The latest Iranian operation has involved large-scale missile and drone strikes by the IRGC targeting sites across the occupied Palestinian territories.

Since April, Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of indirect negotiations, mediated by Oman, over Iran’s nuclear program amid repeated shifts in US stances, which have prompted Iranian officials to criticize the “contradictory” statements made by their American counterparts.

On June 14, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the continuation of indirect Iran-US talks amid Israel’s savagery is “unjustifiable.”

Later in the day, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi wrote on X that the sixth round of indirect nuclear talks, scheduled for June 15, will not take place.

Albusaidi confirmed the cancellation, while stressing that “diplomacy and dialogue remain the only way to lasting peace.”