US-Iran war highlights: Trump says shoulder-mounted missile shot down US F-15E; sirens blare in Bahrain

US Iran war LIVE updates: Strikes have been reported near a second Iran petrochemical plant near the city of Shiraz, authorities said as per news agency AFP.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli air strikes over Lebanon have claimed seven lives on Monday, Al Jazeera reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Four people were injured in the UAE on Monday as its air defence systems intercepted 12 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles and 19 drones, Al Jazeera reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Following Trump's expletive-laden threat ahead of a Tuesday “deadline” he has set for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran warned of major energy shortages. Iran said the “power plant day” would mean the next day, Wednesday, “will be Power Cut Day in the region”, and the year 2026 thus “will be Oil & Gas Shortage Year in the World”.

“[Trump] is a threat for global peace and energy security. The 25th Amendment is there for a reason,” Iran said via the X handle of its consulate in India's Hyderabad — referring to the provision in the US Constitution that deals with situations when a President dies, resigns, or is unable to discharge duties.

US Iran war LIVE updates: UAE official Anwar Gargash said any settlement of the US-Iran war must guarantee access through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that a deal that fails to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme and its missiles and drones would pave the way for “a more dangerous, more volatile Middle East." Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, told a weekend briefing that the Strait of Hormuz - the world’s most critical oil artery - cannot be weaponised, stressing that its security is not a regional bargaining chip but a global economic imperative.

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US Iran war LIVE updates: Electricity supply to petrochemical units has been cut after attack on two utilities companies in Assaluyeh, Iran's semi official news agency Tasnim news reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran Revolutionary Guards on Monday said they targeted US Amphibious Assault Shop LHA-7, Reuters reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The gas field under the Gulf is the world's largest and is shared by Iran and Qatar. It is called South Pars on the Iranian side and North Field or North Dome on the Qatari side. Iran relies on the field to meet its domestic energy requirements, while Qatar uses it for global LNG exports.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The energy facilities at Iran’s South Pars natural gas field have been targeted, Iranian media outlets reported. The semiofficial Fars news agency and the judiciary’s Mizan news agency both reported the attack, blaming America and Israel. Neither country immediately claimed any attack on the gas field at Asaluyeh in Iran’s southern Bushehr province.

The attack comes amid Trump's warning of possible attacks on power plants and bridges this week if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Multiple explosions have been heard from US military headquarters in Jordan, Iran's semi-official news agency Tasnim News reported. Further details on this are awaited.

US Iran war LIVE updates: A number of Iranian leaders have been killed in US-Israel strikes that started with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination on February 28. Other top leaders include:

• Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and a veteran powerbroker. He was killed in a US-Israeli air strike in the Pardis area on March 17, along with his son and one of his deputies.
• Esmail Khatib, Iran's intelligence minister, was killed in an Israeli strike on March 18. A hardline cleric and politician, he worked in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office and was mentored by him, before heading the civilian intelligence apparatus in August 2021.
• Ali Shamkhani, a close adviser to Khamenei and a key figure in Iran's security and nuclear policymaking, was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28.

Slain Iranian military commanders include:

• Mohammad Pakpour, commander-in-chief of the IRGC.
• Aziz Nasirzadeh, Iran's defence minister.
• Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of staff of Iran's armed forces.
• Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran's Basij paramilitary force.
• Behnam Rezaei, the Revolutionary Guards' navy intelligence chief.
• Alireza Tangsiri, the Revolutionary Guards' navy commander.
• Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for the IRGC.

US Iran war LIVE updates: An Israeli strike on an apartment east of Beirut late on Sunday killed a local official from a Christian political party, sharpening internal divides over Hezbollah as Israel's strikes expand to new parts of the country. The war raging in Lebanon over the past month has deepened fractures between supporters of Hezbollah and those who blame the Iran-backed group for igniting a new conflict with Israel just 15 months after the last one.

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US Iran war LIVE updates: Hours ahead of US President Donald Trump's much awaited news conference on the Iran war, the Iranian side has once again hardened its position. According to a report by Iran International, Iran has not been favourable to the US 15-point plan, with the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei calling the peace talks plan "extremely ambitious and illogical".

Iran has drafted its response to proposals conveyed through mediators and will announce it when necessary, the foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, according to Iran International.

Esmaeil Baghaei said negotiations could not take place under threats, warning that US threats to target infrastructure would amount to war crimes.

He added that Iran's focus remained on defending the country amid ongoing attacks, while diplomacy continued alongside military efforts, as reported by Iran International.

Meanwhile, the United States and Iran have received another plan to end hostilities, which could come in effect on Monday and result in the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, sources familiar with the proposals told Reuters.
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US Iran war LIVE updates: An Indian government official has said that 16 vessels flying the Indian flag are currently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The United States and Iran received the framework of a plan to end hostilities, but Iran rejected immediately reopening the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump threatened to rain "hell" on Tehran if it did not make a deal the end of Tuesday.

The peace plan involves a two-tier approach with an immediate ceasefire followed by a comprehensive agreement to be finalised within 15-20 days, a source aware of the proposals said on Monday.

Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been in contact "all night long" with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, the source said. (Reuters)

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli strikes killed the intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, as the Islamic republic on Monday defied threats from US President Donald Trump to devastate civilian infrastructure if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The warring sides kept up their barrage of strikes, with Iranian missiles and drones targeting Israel, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, and Israeli strikes hitting Iran and swathes of Lebanon where it is battling Tehran-backed Hezbollah.

Iran said that "much more devastating" attacks would come if Trump followed through on his vow to hit civilian targets. (AFP)

US Iran war LIVE updates: Inaction by the UN nuclear watchdog "emboldens aggression" against nuclear facilities such as the Bushehr power plant, Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said on Monday in a letter addressed to the International Atomic Energy Agency's director.

Eslami said Iran's only functioning nuclear power plant had so far been targeted four times, with the most recent attack in its vicinity on April 4 killing a security staff member and injuring others.

He warned that such attacks could risk the release of radioactive material from an operating reactor and could have “irreparable consequences” for people, the environment and neighboring countries.

US Iran war LIVE updates: An airstrike hit an information and communication technology building at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology on Monday morning, according to Mohammed Vesal, an economics professor at the university.

Vesal, who spoke to a team from The Associated Press that had traveled to Iran from abroad to report there, said the attack disrupted online learning for the university.

All students have left the campus because of the war. Sharif University of Technology is considered Iran’s top engineering school.

US Iran war LIVE updates: An Iranian attack on a residential area in northern Kuwait injured six people on Monday, the Gulf country's health ministry said.

It followed a post on X by Kuwait's army earlier in the day saying the nation's air defences were working to intercept incoming missiles and drones.

"Falling projectiles and debris in a residential area in the north of the country after an Iranian aggression," the ministry said.

"The total number of injuries rose to six, with varying degrees of wounds."

US Iran war LIVE updates: The head of intelligence for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed Monday in an attack targeting him, Iranian state media said.

Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi died in the attack, which the Guard blamed on the United States and Israel.

It did not elaborate on where Khademi was killed. However, multiple airstrikes targeted residential areas around Iran’s capital, Tehran, early Monday morning.

Khademi took over for Gen. Mohammad Kazemi, who Israel killed in the 12-day war in June.

The Guard’s intelligence organisation wields vast powers within Iran and answers only to the country’s supreme leader. It often has been linked to the detention of Western nationals or those with ties abroad. It has also been accused of carrying out extraterritorial killings and attacks targeting opponents of the country’s theocracy.

US Iran war LIVE updates: US-Israeli strikes killed on Monday the intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the Guards said.

"Major General Majid Khademi, the powerful and educated head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy... at dawn today," said the Guards in a post on their Telegram channel.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they are completing preparations to enforce new operating conditions in the Strait of Hormuz, which has been all but shut since the war with the United States and Israel began.

"The IRGC naval force is completing operational preparations for the Iranian authorities' #declared_plan for the new Persian Gulf order," the Guards naval forces said in a post on X Sunday.

They warned conditions in the strait "will never return to its former status, especially for the US and Israel."

Their statement came after US President Donald Trump renewed threats to strike Iran's power plants and bridges if the vital shipping route is not reopened.

US Iran war LIVE updates: A senior Iranian official confirmed to news agency Reuters that Tehran has received the ceasefire proposal sent by Pakistan and is reviewing it.

However, the official made it clear that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a 'temporary ceasefire'.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran and the United States have been presented with a proposal to stop the fighting, which could begin on Monday and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a source familiar with the plan told news agency Reuters on Monday.

• A draft framework to halt hostilities was prepared by Pakistan and shared overnight with Iran and the US, the source said. It sets out a two-stage plan, starting with an immediate ceasefire followed by a wider agreement.
• "All elements need to be agreed today," the source said, adding that the initial understanding would take the form of a memorandum of understanding, completed electronically through Pakistan, which is the only communication channel in the talks.
• Axios reported on Sunday that the United States, Iran and regional mediators were in discussions over a possible 45-day ceasefire as part of a two-phase arrangement that could eventually bring a lasting end to the conflict, citing US, Israeli and regional sources.
• The source told Reuters that Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, had been in touch "all night long" with US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.
• Under the proposal, a ceasefire would come into force immediately, allowing the Strait of Hormuz to reopen, while 15–20 days would be used to work out a broader settlement. The deal, informally called the "Islamabad Accord," would include a regional plan for the strait, followed by final face-to-face talks in Islamabad.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran and the United States have received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals told news agency Reuters.

A framework to end hostilities has been put together by Pakistan and exchanged with Iran and the US overnight, the source added, outlining a two-tier approach with an immediate ceasefire followed by a comprehensive agreement.