President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. and Iran failed to reach a peace deal after 21 hours of negotiations.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military and government sites.
Trump set a deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face broad strikes on its critical infrastructure. Hours before the deadline expired, Trump said he had agreed to suspend planned bombing for two weeks if Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi then said that "safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he supported the ceasefire with Iran, but that Lebanon -- where intense Israeli strikes continued -- was not covered by the agreement, despite Iranian protests.
Key Headlines
- US blockade of Iranian ports to begin Monday, CENTCOM says
- Military vessels approaching Strait of Hormuz 'will be met with severe force,' IRGC says
- DOJ will 'vigorously prosecute' buyers or sellers of sanctioned Iranian oil, Blanche says
- Despite blockade announcement, Trump urges Iran to open Strait of Hormuz
- President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz
Iran, Oman hold talks on 'procedure' for vessels' safe passage through Strait of Hormuz: Iran's foreign ministry
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said that Iran has been engaging in talks with Oman on examining "a procedure for the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz."
Baqaei said the talks with Oman have been held at the level of deputy foreign ministers.
"We think these talks will continue until coming to a conclusion," he added.
Referring to President Donald Trump's deadline threat, Baqaei said Iranians will not be "subjugated" by deadlines in defending their country.
Trump threatened to target Iran’s power plants and bridges unless the regime opens the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday night.
Israel confirms attacks on Iranian petrochemical plants
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that Israel launched attacks on Iran's southern petrochemical infrastructure in the Persian Gulf port city of Asaluyeh.
"Two facilities, which together are responsible for about 85% of Iran's petrochemical exports, have been taken out of service and are not functioning," Katz said.
Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that the Mobin and Damavand companies -- which supply electricity, water and oxygen to Asaluyeh's petrochemical facilities -- were hit.
The deputy governor of the southwestern Bushehr province told the state-run IRNA agency that no casualties had been reported from the attack.
Asaluyeh's facilities were previously targeted in U.S.-Israeli attacks last month.
-ABC News Somayeh Malekian and Dana Savir
2 paramedics killed by Israeli strike in Lebanon, ministry says
Two paramedics were killed and a third was injured in an Israeli attack on an ambulance on Sunday night in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
At least 54 healthcare workers have been killed in Israeli strikes since the war began, while 71 healthcare vehicles have been targeted, according to the ministry.
Israel claims Hezbollah is using ambulances for military purposes.
-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz and Victoria Beaule
6 people injured amid attacks on Kuwait, health ministry says
Six people were injured in the northwest of Kuwait by "projectiles and shrapnel falling in a residential area" amid ongoing Iranian attacks, the Kuwait Health Ministry said on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Iranian military said on Monday morning that Iran had targeted U.S. military forces in Bubiyan, in northwest Kuwait.
-ABC News' Victoria Beaule