Trump threatens jail for leaker who exposed missing US pilot

US President Donald Trump said on Monday Iran made a “very significant” proposal but it was still not good enough, adding that negotiations had been conducted in good faith.

"The people there now are much more reasonable than the lunatics that you had... The people that we're dealing with is not as radicalized, and we think they're actually much smarter."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is continuing to target and kill senior figures within Iran’s leadership, as part of a broader campaign to weaken what he described as the regime’s core capabilities.

Netanyahu said Israeli forces were “systematically dismantling” Iran’s infrastructure, including destroying factories and targeting operatives.

“We are continuing to eliminate senior officials,” he said, adding that recent strikes had also hit major economic assets, including Iran’s largest petrochemical plant.

Netanyahu said the campaign was aimed at undermining the financial and operational foundations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

He also emphasized close coordination with the United States, saying he had spoken with President Donald Trump and that both sides were working “shoulder-to-shoulder” against Iran.

"Hopefully it (the Iran war) can be over quickly. We have many alternatives we could leave right now, and it would take them 15 years to rebuild what they have. We could leave right now, but I want to finish it up," US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday.

Trump said the final deadline for Iran is Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST, adding that “you have to watch” what would happen if Tehran fails to meet US demands.

"Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home. If it were up to me, I'd take the oil, keep the oil, and we'd make plenty of money. And I'd also take care of the people of Iran much better than they've been taken care of," Trump said.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday Iranians are currently unable to challenge the regime because they lack weapons and face threats of being shot if they take to the streets.

"The Iranian people, when they don't hear bombs go off, they're upset. It's because they were informed that if they protest, they will be shot immediately," he told reporters.

"The Iranian people will fight back as soon as they know they're not going to be shot and as soon as they can get weapons. If they had weapons, not many of them, that would go the other way. And you know what happens? Iran would give up in two seconds because they wouldn't be able to take it," he said.

The Israeli military said on Monday it carried out a large-scale overnight wave of airstrikes in Tehran, targeting dozens of Iranian Air Force and IRGC aircraft and helicopters at multiple airports, as part of efforts to degrade Iran’s aerial capabilities.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said the operation was conducted based on intelligence and involved dozens of fighter jets striking aerial assets and related military infrastructure.

The Israeli military said its strikes targeted three airports in Tehran: Mehrabad Airport, Bahram Airport and Azmayesh Airport. According to the statement, aircraft, helicopters, and additional military facilities were hit during the operation.

The military said Mehrabad Airport, which has been targeted multiple times during the ongoing operation, was used by the IRGC’s Quds Force as a central hub for arming and financing allied groups across the Middle East. It added that aircraft carrying weapons and large sums of cash had repeatedly departed from the airport to destinations across the region.

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