Earlier, CENTCOM announced fresh wave of strikes to 'further degrade Iranian military capabilities'

New fighting erupted between the United States and Iran ahead of the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei yesterday, with Tehran targeting US regional allies and American strikes hitting the perimeter of an Iranian nuclear power plant.

First such war powers resolution to pass House and Senate

Alarm is sharpest in the Gulf, where Iranian attacks have shaken confidence in long-standing security arrangements

Trump administration saying Iran assets would only be released after cooperation

United States military officials said Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward neighboring Gulf nations of Kuwait and Bahrain

The US and Iran have been engaged in largely indirect negotiations to secure an interim deal to halt the three-month-old war that would leave issues including Iran's nuclear programme to further negotiations.

Iran accused the United States of breaching their ceasefire yesterday and warned it was ready to retaliate after overnight US strikes targeting Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats threatened a deal to end the war.

IRNA reports

Iran’s supreme leader yesterday declared that the United States had suffered a shameful defeat, defiantly rejecting a warning from President Donald Trump that an economically punishing US naval blockade could be enforced for months to come.

Two months into the war that started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the vital sea channel remains closed

Iran showcased its tightened grip over the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, releasing footage of commandos storming a large cargo ship and announcing its first proceeds from tolls imposed on vessels transiting the waterway.

Iran and the United States, along with Israel, are three days away from the end of a two-week ceasefire

The United States will blockade Iranian ports for "as long as it takes," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday, threatening renewed strikes if Tehran does not make a deal