Trump says ‘not too much in the mood’ to negotiate with Iran; cyber attack on IRGC-li

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Tuesday that he was not in the mood to negotiate with Iran after the regime in Tehran failed to accept his proposed nuclear deal. In a post on his Truth Social platform Trump said he had not reached out to Iran for peace talks in any way, shape, or form. Iran “should have taken the deal that was on the table”, Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

But he also said he was considering sending his envoy, Steve Witkoff and Vice President J.D. Vance to meet with Iran’s Foreign Minister to agree on a nuclear deal.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the residents of Tehran should evacuate immediately, fueling concerns of an American attack.

Attack drones targeted the Golan Heights for a second time on Tuesday. Sirens warn residents to seek shelter. Earlier, the IDF said its Air Force shot down a drone targeting the southern Golan Heights.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei called on the world to take urgent steps to end the war. “We stress the need to urgently take international and regional steps to stop the war that was imposed on Iran,” he said. Iran’s Fars news agency reported that the commander of Iran’s ground forces threatened a new round of attacks “that would intensify in the coming hours.”

A U.S. intelligence assessment contradicted Israel’s claim that Iran was close to producing a nuclear weapon, CNN reported on Tuesday. Officials even pushed back against Israel’s assertion that Iran was seeking nuclear capability.

Iranians said on Tuesday that they were unable to withdraw money from ATMs across the country. The Iranian opposition news outlet Iran International said hackers targeted Bank Sepah, one of Iran’s oldest financial institutions linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Army.

The Predatory Sparrow group claimed that it had “destroyed all data” at the bank, the outlet said. “Bank Sepah has 1,800 branches in Iran and others in Britain, France, Germany and Italy. The United States imposed sanctions on Bank Sepah in 2019 after it withdrew from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal.”

A barrage of 20 Iranian missiles struck Israel on Tuesday morning after earlier attacks overnight and in the pre-dawn hours. At least two rockets hit areas north of Tel Aviv. Two people were taken to hospital and damage was reported.

Buses at an outdoor parking lot caught fire and residents of the area were told to shelter at home with their windows closed and restrictions were lifted only after an hour.

The IDF said on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Shadmani, the newly appointed Iranian military chief in a strike on a command center in Tehran.

“Shadmani served as war-time Chief of Staff and Commander of the Emergency Command of the Iranian Armed Forces,” the military said. “He commanded both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian army.

The IDF also said it had completed a wave of overnight attacks on Western Iran, targeting dozens of missile and drone storage sites and missile launchers.

Sirens were activated across Haifa and multiple locations in northern Israel early on Tuesday morning, shortly after Iran launched another missile attack—the fourth such attack within hours—toward Israeli territory, the IDF confirmed. The military said that it had successfully intercepted a single ballistic missile.