India, April 7 -- Iran on Monday formally rejected a ceasefire proposal and instead put forward a 10-point plan aimed at ending the war, including calling for a permanent halt to the fighting. US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire proposal in the Iran war was a "very significant step," but added it was still not enough to bring the conflict to an end.

Five weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, the US president asked Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for global shipping by midnight GMT on Tuesday, warning of a fresh and severe round of airstrikes if it did not comply. Follow US-Iran war live updates here.

A framework to end the war, brokered by Pakistan, suggested an immediate ceasefire, followed by negotiations on a broader pe...