Iran has rejected a US peace plan, while the UN warns of the war's escalating situation. Tensions are escalating in the Middle East as Iran fires cruise missiles at a US aircraft carrier.

State media in Iran said Wednesday that Tehran had rejected a US plan to end fighting, as the head of the United Nations warned that the Middle East war was spiralling out of control. In a first public acknowledgement of US efforts to discuss peace, state television cited an unidentified official as saying the war would end on Tehran's terms, shortly after Iran said it had fired a volley of cruise missiles at a US aircraft carrier. FRANCE 24's Carys Garland reports.