Iran rejects Trump's 15-point plan to end the war... The intersection of Hormuz, nuclear weapons, and sanctions

State media reported that Iran has not agreed to the US's 15-point plan to end the war. While the U.S. plan calls for blocking nuclear weapons, missiles, and proxy forces and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran appears to have put forward conditions such as compensation for war damage, a cessation of attacks, and control of the strait.

On the night Ukraine carried out a large-scale drone attack targeting Russian Baltic ports, some drones veered off course and landed on Estonian and Latvian territory, both countries said. Although there were no casualties, it was again revealed how the airspace safety and electronic warfare environment of neighboring countries expand the ramifications of war.

The BBC relayed warnings from Palestinians that while international attention was distracted by the war with Iran, Israeli settler violence was spreading to a new level in the occupied West Bank. Tensions appear to be increasing as attacks on villages near Nablus, death and migration statistics compiled by the UN, and Israeli political circles' settlement policies intersect.

The Philippine government declared a “national energy emergency” and granted emergency powers for one year as fuel prices soared and supply instability grew after the Iran war. A 45-day supply of oil reserves, a plan to procure an additional 1 million barrels, and a strike by transportation workers are being announced at the same time, showing a typical path in which an external shock spreads into domestic social and political conflict.

The BBC reported that the Taliban released American Dennis Walter Coyle (64), who was arrested in January 2025, after more than a year of detention. The Taliban's Foreign Ministry announced on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that ends Ramadan, that it had pardoned the prisoner after determining that the period of detention was "sufficient," and the United States welcomed it but called for the release of other Americans.

The BBC reported that Israel announced that it would create a 'defensive buffer zone' that would control a large area of southern Lebanon as part of an operation targeting Hezbollah. Israel said it had blown up five bridges over the Litani River, and Lebanon's Health Ministry said there had been 1,072 deaths as of March 24.