US-Iran news highlights: Trump's ‘eternity’ wish for Israel, Hezbollah; Tehran peace deal expected ‘over next week’

Iran war news live: Iran hanged two men convicted of ransacking and burning a mosque during anti-government protests earlier this year. "Mehrdad Mohammadinia and Ashkan Maleki, the main perpetrators of the arson attack and destruction of a mosque, were hanged this morning," Iran's judiciary said through its Mizan news agency. Iran has ramped up executions since war broke out with Israel and the US.

Iran war news live: Even as Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered strikes on the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, the casualties is mounting in Lebanon. Six people have died in the fresh Israeli attacks.

According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, two people were killed in an Israeli drone attack in the town of Braiqaa, while another person was killed in Toul. Three others were killed in overnight attacks in the town of Kfarsir.

Iran war news live: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh, Reuters reported.

Iran war news live: Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion in more than 26 years. The taking of Beaufort castle near the city of Nabatiyeh comes after days of airstrikes and intense fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants.

The Beaufort fortress, perched high atop Lebanon’s rolling green hills and overlooking the Litani River, has been a strategic military asset for centuries, according to AP. The castle, built around the 12th century, has been used by Saladin’s Jerusalem army, Mamluks, Ottomans, the French mandate and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Iran war news live: Jet sounds were reported over capital Tehran and blasts heard in Bandar Abbas even as US and Iran trade attack amid a fragile ceasefire. According to Iran International, the sound of fighter jets was heard over western, eastern and northern Tehran at around 9 am on Monday. Three consecutive blasts were also heard in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

Iran war news live: The Israeli army said one of its soldiers was killed in fighting in southern Lebanon on Monday. The fresh casualty has brought the Israeli military deaths to 26 since March. The military said Staff Sergeant Adam Tzarfati, 20, “fell in combat in southern Lebanon," APF reported.

Iran war news live: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said his country was facing "a vicious and reprehensible Israeli aggression", after Israel stepped up its offensive against Hezbollah with the capture of the medieval Beaufort Castle. The President condemned the Israeli offensive and pledged to "work to end the suffering of the Lebanese people, and people in the south in particular".

Iran war news live: UAE on Monday strongly criticised the entry of Israeli settlers into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under Israeli police protection. The UAE, in a statement, also hit out at the raising of the Israeli flag within the site, calling the actions as a "provocation and an unacceptable act of extremism."

In an official statement, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it "strongly condemned and denounced the storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by settlers under the protection of Israeli police, including the raising of the Israeli flag within its courtyards, considering these actions as a provocation and an unacceptable act of extremism."

Iran war news live: US President Trump said that the Democrats, along with what he called “unpatriotic Republicans,” are interfering with his ability to negotiate effectively by constantly “chirping at levels never seen before, over and over again”. Trump said that Iran is ready to strike a deal that will be “good” for the US, but the political criticism at home is making negotiations difficult for him. Read more

Iran war news live: Oil prices climbed more than 2 per cent as the West Asia conflict rages, with Israel expanding its ground offensive in Lebanon over the weekend.

"My instruction is to deepen and expand our grip on the places that were under Hezbollah's control," an NBC report quoted Netanyahu as saying. "The occupation of Beaufort is a dramatic stage and a dramatic change in the policy that we are leading," he added. (ANI)

“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us. But don’t the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively “chirping,” at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever. Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end - It always does! President DJT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Iran war news live: Iran has executed two men accused of leading anti-government protests earlier this year, Reuters reported citing local reports.

Iran war news: The US has reportedly presented a proposal to de-escalate hostilities between Lebanon and Israel after US secretary of state Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President and Israeli Prime Minister over the last 48 hours. As part of the operation, Israeli troops seized control of the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle near the southern city of Nabatiyeh. Under the proposal, the US has asked that Iran-backed Hezbollah group would first halt all attacks on Israel, and in exchange, Israel would avoid further escalation in Beirut, a US official told news agency Reuters. Read more

The IRGC has warned that any further US attacks would draw a “completely different” response.

Iran war news: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday its aerospace force targeted an air base used in what it called a US attack on a telecoms tower on Sirik Island, Reuters reported.

Iran war news: The fresh drone and missile attacks at Kuwait put the nation at peril, raising concerns over the ongoing war in the region. Kuwait's military said its air defences were confronting hostile missile and drone attacks and advised people to adhere to security and safety instructions.

In a post on X the Kuwaiti military said, "The Kuwaiti air defenses are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks."

The attack comes days after Kuwaiti air defence engaged similar hostile missile and drone attacks on May 28.

Iran war news: The US' Centcom said it conducted “self-defense strikes” on Iranian radar and command and control sites for drones in Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island this weekend.

“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” the US military said.

The Centcom said that US fighter jet eliminated Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that “posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters”.

US-Iran war LIVE: The United States Central Command said it conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar, and command and control sites for drones in Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island this weekend.

The attacks, conducted on Saturday and Sunday, was in response to Iran shooting down a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.

“US fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters,” Centcom said on X.

US-Iran war LIVE: Kuwaiti air defence on Monday reported missile and drone attacks as sirens sounded across the country.

“The Kuwaiti air defenses are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks. The General Staff of the Army notes that if explosion sounds are heard, they result from the air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks. Everyone is requested to adhere to the security and safety instructions issued by the competent authorities,” the Kuwait Army said on X.

US-Iran war LIVE: Two people have been killed after an attack from an Israeli Apache helicopter attack on a fishing port west of Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported, citing local reports. The attacks across Gaza wounded several other people on Sunday.

US-Iran war LIVE: During the call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio proposed that as a first step Hezbollah will stop all attacks on Israel and in return Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut. Rabio added that Aoun tried to advance this proposal, but Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri placed the burden on Israel to stop "shooting first."

US-Iran war LIVE: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pushed forward a new ceasefire initiative, an Axios reporter said in a post on X. US proposed that Hezbollah stop all attacks on Israel as first step. In return, Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut.

US-Iran war LIVE: UK foreign minister Yvette Cooper demanded an immediate cessation of Israeli military operations in Lebanon and called for the complete disarmament of Hezbollah. "Israel's military escalation in Lebanon has killed and displaced civilians, destroyed infrastructure, and eroded space for diplomacy. It must end," Cooper said.

US-Iran war LIVE: US President Trump rubbished reports casting doubt on the nuclear parameters in proposed peace talks with Iran, saying the framework unequivocally prohibits Tehran from acquiring a nuclear capability.

"Fake News CNN said today, routinely, that my Iran Nuclear Deal doesn't talk about Nuclear, when actually it states, very clearly, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon," Trump said on Truth Social.

US-Iran war LIVE: UK foreign minister Yvette Cooper will travel to China on Monday, and then to India later in the week, with the visits to focus on global issues from the Strait of Hormuz and the Russia-Ukraine war to the recent Ebola outbreak.