Iran Reportedly Unlikely To Agree To Any Of Trump's Demands To End The War, Israeli Officials Say

Iranian officials are unlikely to agree to any of President Donald Trump's demands to end the war despite his remarks about negotiations between the two sides, according to a new report.

Three senior Israeli officials gave Reuters a dim view of any negotiations taking place at the moment, which Trump called "very good and productive" in a social media post on Monday.

Tehran has rejected there are ongoing talks and outlined several demands to end hostilities, including guarantees to ensure a ceasefire won't be broken and compensation for the attacks that it has sustained since February 28.

The U.S., in turn, seeks to drastically curb the country's nuclear and missile programs, as well as guarantees that it won't seek to break any imposed threshold.

In this context, Trump suggested that the U.S. could control the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway in the Middle East through which a sizable portion of the world energy goes through, along with Iran.

Speaking to press on Monday, Trump was asked to elaborate on the notion. "Maybe me. Me and the Ayatollah, whoever the Ayatollah is. There'll also be a form of a very serious form of a regime change," Trump added, noting that most of Iran's top officials have been killed since the war began on February 28.

"Now in all fairness, everybody's been killed from the regime. They're really starting off. There's automatically a regime change," Trump said. He went on to claim that such a scenario represents a form of regime change, and his administration is dealing with new leaders that he finds "to be very reasonable, very solid."

"The people within know who they are. They're very respected. And maybe one of them will be exactly what we're looking for," Trump added. He added that the person in question is not the new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

There was speculation about the possibility that the official in question was Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. However, he said in a social media post that "no negotiations have been held with the U.S." and that any claims on the matter were aimed at manipulating financial and energy markets.