Iran rejected a 15-point proposal from the U.S. to reach a ceasefire in the war. Iran issued its own proposal calling for reparations and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

Over the decades, Iran gained repeated proof that it didn’t need to defeat America on the battlefield; it just had to make the American people feel the war in their living room. And now, in a war for its survival,

Officials say that Iran has received an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has received an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East , officials said Wednesday — a proposal sent even as Washington deploys paratroopers and more Marines to the region .

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday and global oil prices fell, as traders and investors were buffeted by constant headlines about the war in Iran.