Pakistan’s “positive and productive” efforts to stop the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran are approaching a “critical, sensitive” stage, Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X on Tuesday.
A proposal brokered by Pakistan would call for a temporary ceasefire in the war and the lifting of Iran ‘s effective blockade of the strait, while deferring a broader peace settlement for further talks, according to a source familiar with the plan.
Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. in Washington (midnight GMT and 3.30 a.m. in Tehran) to end its blockade of Gulf oil, saying he will otherwise destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran within four hours.
Iran has rejected Trump’s demands after Pakistan and other countries tried to negotiate. Instead, Tehran threatened to retaliate against infrastructure belonging to U.S. allies in the Gulf, whose desert cities would be uninhabitable without power or water.
In the latest attacks overnight, a synagogue in Tehran was destroyed by what Iran described as Israeli air strikes. Footage in Iranian media showed Hebrew-language texts scattered in the debris of the Rafi-nia synagogue.
“The Zionist regime did not spare the community during Jewish holidays and attacked one of our ancient and holy synagogues,” Homayoun Sameh, who represents the Jewish community in Iran’s parliament, was quoted as saying in state media. “The synagogue building was completely destroyed and our Torah scrolls were left under the rubble.”
Israel’s military had no immediate comment. Iran’s ancient Jewish community, which numbers in the thousands, is one of the largest in the Middle East outside Israel.
Without waiting for Trump’s deadline to expire, Israel threatened Iranian civil infrastructure on Tuesday, warning Iranians in a Persian-language social media post to stay away from railways: “Your presence on trains and near railway lines endangers your life.”
(with inputs from Reuters)
