PANews June 16 news, according to Jinshi citing the Wall Street Journal, officials in the Middle East and Europe said that Iran has been urgently sending signals that it seeks to end hostilities and resume negotiations on its nuclear program, and has sent messages to Israel and the United States through Arab intermediaries. These officials said that during Israel's fierce air strikes, Tehran told Arab officials that they were willing to return to the negotiating table as long as the United States did not join the air strikes. They also sent a message to Israel that it was in the interests of both sides to control violence. However, with Israeli warplanes able to fly freely over the Iranian capital and Iran's counterattacks causing minimal damage, Israeli leaders have little motivation to stop their attacks before taking more actions to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities and further weaken Iran's "theocratic government"'s control over power.