The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes, straining an already fragile ceasefire, as negotiations between the two sides have stalled.
The US Central Command said it conducted weekend strikes at Iranian air defences, ground station and drone sites in retaliation to Tehran shooting down a US MQ-1 drone.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted an 'air base from which the attack originated' used by the US military, without specifying the location of the base.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations.
The US proposed that as a first step Hezbollah will stop all attacks on Israel and in return Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut.
US President Donald Trump has called for tougher conditions on Iran nuclear enrichment and the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has revealed that 'dialogue and an exchange of messages are ongoing' between Tehran and Washington despite the current deadlock in talks.
US military has redirected 118 commercial vessels and disabled five others as part of Washington's active naval blockade aimed at Iranian ports.
