Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "a coalition of nations" would secure the vital shipping route if Tehran does not comply

Iran's ambassador to Russia has dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims that Tehran is negotiating with Washington, saying that US and Israeli officials are "planning how to strike Iran" rather than seeking peace.

Speaking on RT's 'Sanchez Effect', Kazem Jalali said Iran "doesn't need any negotiations" for now but remains a "rational player" that is "not looking for war," and set out conditions for any future talks, including a "sustainable peace," punishment of the "aggressor" and compensation for wartime damage.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has claimed that his goal of regime change in Iran was achieved by killing the country's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in the initial strikes on February 28. He has since then been replaced in the post by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei.

"The one regime was decimated, destroyed, they're all dead. The next regime is mostly dead, and the third regime - we're dealing with different people than anybody's dealt with before... it truly is regime change... you can't do much better than that," Trump said.

The new leadership in Iran is "very reasonable," he said, claiming that he feels that a deal with Tehran could be reached "soon."

Media reported a suspected US-Israeli attack on the Tabriz Petrochemical Company. 

Here are the latest developments:

• Kazem Jalali, Iran's ambassador to Russia, has said that as of now Iran "doesn't need any negotiations," but remains a "rational player" that is "not looking for war." Speaking on RT's 'Sanchez Effect', he said that Tehran has "never denied peace talks," but insisted there must be "proper conditions" before any dialogue can begin.

• Trump remains "generally open to the idea" of launching a special operations raid on Iranian nuclear sites to seize some 450 kilograms of enriched uranium believed to be stored there, according to the Wall Street Journal's sources. The US president also told the Financial Times that he was not ruling out the possibility of seizing Iran's key export hub, Kharg Island, in order to take control of Tehran's oil exports. 

• The IDF and Iranian forces have continued to exchange strikes, with videos capturing a major blaze erupting at an oil refinery in Israeli city of Haifa after one of the attacks. 

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