Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has rejected proposals for reducing tensions with the United States, while asserting that Tehran must defeat America and Israel.
The proposals for reducing tensions or for a ceasefire were conveyed to Tehran by two intermediary countries, Reuters news agency cited a senior Iranian official as saying on Tuesday.
Iran has continued retaliatory strikes on its Gulf neighbours, also targeting energy infrastructure. It struck an oil facility in Fujairah, a UAE emirate on the country's east coast.
Israel on Tuesday said it had killed the head of the Basij force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, in a strike on Monday.
The Israeli military had earlier said that Soleimani led the main repression operations against civilian demonstrators during internal protests in Iran.
