Iran ridicules - then rejects - US peace plan

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Alex Ritson and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday 25th March, these are our main stories.

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  Iranian state media is reporting that Tehran has rejected US proposals aimed at ending the war.

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  It says the Americans are only negotiating with themselves.

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  The Philippines has declared a national energy emergency and says it 's ready to buy oil

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  from sanctioned countries such as Russia.

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  out and my car would explode the next morning.

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  Just weird, random fears.

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  And the UN considers whether the transatlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity.

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  Iranian state media is reporting that the government in Tehran has rejected a 15-point peace plan

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  proposed by the United States to end the war.

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  Over the last two days, President Trump has,

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  publicly at least, seemed upbeat about the prospects of a conclusion to the fighting,

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  an attitude that 's sometimes been ridiculed by Iranian officials.

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  In what was perhaps an indication that they were going to reject the plan earlier on Wednesday,

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  mocked US attempts at a ceasefire deal.

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  Speaking on Iranian state television, Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zolfagari,

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