Emily Fang

These include ending the war only if the U.S.

stopped assassinating Iranian leaders and setting up mechanisms to ensure the U.S.

could not wage war on Iran again.

The official also asked for the U.S.

to pay for war damages.

Joint U.S.

and Israeli strikes on Iran have hit thousands of targets, including many government buildings, gas pipelines, schools, and hospitals.

Iran also demanded the U.S.

recognize its sovereign right to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Emily Fang, NPR News, Van, Turkey.

City authorities say a strike hit a natural gas pipeline in southwestern Iran.

Iranian state media say another strike overnight also hit natural gas facilities in the central city of Isfahan and that there were no casualties.

Iran has warned it will mount reciprocal attacks on water, energy and technology infrastructure in the Middle East as long as joint U.S.

and Israeli strikes continue.

President Trump has said the U.S.

and Iran have had talks.

Iran's deputy foreign minister said that it received and responded to messages from the U.S.

passed on through intermediary countries.

But Iran's powerful multi-branch security forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, denies being in talks with the U.S.

Emily Fang, NPR News, Van, Turkey.