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

US Iran war LIVE updates: A look at top developments on the US-Iran war from Monday:

• Iran reportedly confirmed it received the US ceasefire proposal but made it clear that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a “temporary ceasefire”.
• Multiple explosions were heard from US military headquarters in Jordan.
• Israeli attacks on Lebanon killed at least 15 people on Sunday and injured 39, Lebanese officials said.
• US President Donald Trump has set a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, giving it until 8 pm GMT to arrive on a deal or face major infrastructure strikes.

Explosions were heard in parts of Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj, Iranian media reported early Tuesday.

"Moments ago, explosions were heard in parts of Tehran and Karaj," local media outlets Fars and Mehr said on Telegram, without giving further details.

Saudi Arabia's ministry of defence has said that its air defences downed 7 missiles, but some of the debris fell near power facilities, AFP reported.

Al Jazeera is reporting explosions being heard in Iran’s capital, Tehran.

The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Tuesday on a resolution to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, but in a significantly watered-down form after veto-wielding China opposed authorising the use of force, diplomats told Reuters.

Oil prices have surged since the US and Israel struck Iran at the end of February, unleashing a conflict that has run for more than five weeks and seen Tehran largely close the Strait, a vital energy artery.

Efforts by Bahrain, the current chair of the 15-member Council, to secure a resolution have involved multiple drafts aimed at overcoming opposition from China, Russia and others. The latest iteration, seen by Reuters, drops any explicit authorisation of the use of force.

Instead, the text "strongly encourages States interested in the use of commercial maritime routes in the Strait of Hormuz to coordinate efforts, defensive in nature, commensurate to the circumstances, to contribute to ensuring the safety and security of navigation across the Strait of Hormuz."

It says such contributions could include "the escort of merchant and commercial vessels," and the text also endorses efforts "to deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz."

Iraqi authorities have said that a drone 'from Iran' crashed into a home in the country's Kurdistan area, killing two people, AFP reported.

Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement condemning Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s storming of the Muslim holy site in East Jerusalem “under the protection of the occupation police”.

Qatar slammed the far-right Israeli minister’s latest such action as a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and a provocation of the feelings of Muslims worldwide”.

CBS News has reported that 15 US soldiers were injured in an Iranian drone strike on the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait overnight, citing two US officials.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry says sirens have been activated, and calls on people to remain calm and “head to the nearest safe place”.

A third Turkish-owned ship has passed through the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, Turkey's Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

Tehran has virtually closed the key waterway since US-Israeli strikes targeting Iran on February 28, sending global oil and gas prices soaring.

Uraloglu said the "Ocean Thunder" was carrying crude oil from Iraq to Malaysia. Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said an Indian-flagged tanker owned by a subsidiary had also safely transited the strait.

US natural gas futures ended slightly higher as a short bout of cold weather increased demand for the heating and power-plant fuel. Rising oil prices, which have influenced the front-month US gas contract since the war in Iran broke out, may also be pushing prices higher.

“A near-term cold wave is hitting the Ohio valley and moving eastward,” supporting prices, said Dennis Kissler, senior vice president for trading at BOK Financial Securities Inc.

Futures for May delivery settled 1.1c, or 0.4%, to $2.811/mmbtu on Nymex

Iran army has said that US President Donald Trump's 'rude, arrogant rhetoric' has 'no effect' on operations.

Two people have been killed in an “enemy” attack on a fishing boat in Jask port in the south of Iran, according to the deputy governor of Iran’s Hormozgan Province.

The strategically located Jask port sits just across the water from the UAE and Oman in the Gulf of Oman, south of the Strait of Hormuz.

As reporters spoke on air, Channel 13 TV’s evening newscast showed a large digital clock marking down the hours and minutes until Tuesday night’s deadline.

The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%.

Like stock indexes, oil prices sawsawed throughout the day amid continued uncertainty about what will happen in the war with Iran and how long it will disrupt the global flow of crude oil.

Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market.

European Council President Antonio Costa has warned against attacks on civilian infrastructure, saying diplomacy – and not escalation – is the only way to achieve peace.

“Only negotiations will, namely, the ongoing efforts led by regional partners,” he said in a social media post.

Costa also warned that the Iranian population would be the primary victims of any widening of the war.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has accused the US and Israel of carrying out “blind assassinations” to compensate for “their failure” to achieve their war objectives.

Araghchi said such assassinations “not only do not weaken the will of the Iranian nation but strengthen its determination to continue the path of resistance”.

The US military has rejected an earlier claim by the IRGC that its forces attacked a US amphibious assault ship, forcing it to retreat into the southern Indian Ocean.

In a statement, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the assault ship – the USS Tripoli – “has not been attacked and continues to sail in the Arabian Sea” in support of the US war effort.

A senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said American “boots on the ground” would be a necessary step in US President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

“I just don’t see any other way,” Representative Pat Fallon, Republican of Texas, who chairs the Military Personnel subcommittee, said in an interview with Fox News.

He added, “We can’t leave until the job is done.”

Donald Trump said he believes that God supports the United States actions in the war against Iran.

“God is good,” the US President said. He added he doesn’t like “seeing people killed,” claimed that he had “ended eight wars”, and suggested he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.

“We have one more to end by the way,” he said, though he did not specify if the war in Iran, Ukraine or another global conflict was on his radar.

Donald Trump dismissed the possibility that Iran could collect tolls to allow ships safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Instead, he said, the United States could charge for passage through the strait, without explaining how that could be accomplished.

“We have a concept where we’ll charge tolls,” Trump said.

Donald Trump brushed off a question about the possibility that US attacks on Iran’s civilian infrastructure, which he has repeatedly threatened, could amount to war crimes.

“We’re never going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.

Donald Trump said Barack Obama “chose Iran over Israel” in agreeing to the nuclear deal in 2015.

That agreement had many flaws, but it resulted in Iran shipping out about 97 per cent of its stockpile of nuclear material — far more material than Trump himself has, so far, managed to remove from the country.

Trump accurately said that it was a “short-term deal,’’ because it expired by 2030.

Asked about the possibility of regime change in Iran, Donald Trump responded by saying that Americans should trust him on the war. “I have the best plan of all,” Trump said. “But I’m not going to tell you what my plan is.”