India, April 9 -- The White House on Wednesday said Iran's original 10-point ceasefire proposal was outright rejected, even as Washington signalled cautious openness to a revised framework for talks amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.

Speaking to reporters, press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested that the proposal currently under discussion differs significantly from what Tehran had first put forward. Track US-Iran war live updates.

She said, "We have received a proposal from the Iranians that has been determined to be a workable basis on which to negotiate." But she was unequivocal about the earlier plan, adding "The Iranians originally put forward a 10-point plan that was fundamentally unserious, unacceptable, and completely di...