Trump's latest ceasefire claim implodes as Iran snubs White House

President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring about a temporary pause to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran were harshly rebuked Monday by a top Iranian official, and in spite of the president’s recent claim that Iran has “asked the United States for a ceasefire.”Al Jazeera reported Monday that Iran had outright rejected the Trump administration’s 15-point ceasefire plan, with Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei calling the plan “illogical.” He also vowed that Iran would continue to defend itself against U.S.-Israeli attacks with “all its might.”Trump has faced widespread ridicule for his failed attempts to bring about either a pause or an end to the conflict he initiated in late February, particularly for having extended deadlines several times for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping channel through which 20 of the world’s oil trade flows.The president’s latest deadline is set to expire on Tuesday, with Trump having threatened to destroy Iranian civilian infrastructure on a mass scale should Tehran refuse access for U.S.-aligned vessels to the Strait of Hormuz.