Iran sends waves of missiles into Israel, dismisses Trump's talk of negotiations as 'fake news'
The Hindu
Iran launches missile attacks on Israel, rejecting Trump's negotiation claims as 'fake news,' escalating regional tensions and market volatility.
Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, the Israeli military said, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb the Islamic Republic’s power grid because of what he described as productive talks with Iranian officials.
The missiles triggered air raid sirens in parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv, where blasts from interceptions were heard. In one attack, homes in northern Israel were damaged by falling debris following an interception. No deaths were reported.
Mr. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday (March 23, 2026) that the U.S. and Iran had held “very good and productive” conversations about a “complete and total resolution of hostilities in the Middle East”.
As a result, he said, he was postponing for five days a plan to hit Iran’s energy grid. His announcement sent share prices higher and oil prices sharply lower to below $100 a barrel, a sudden reversal to a market swoon caused by his weekend threats and Iran’s vows to respond.
Those gains were in jeopardy on Tuesday (March 24, 2026), however, after Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf — who an Israeli official and two other sources familiar with the matter said was the interlocutor in the talks on the Iranian side — said no negotiations had taken place.
“No negotiations have been held with the U.S., and fakenews is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped,” he wrote on X.
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