Here are Monday’s latest updates:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> said Tehran still seeks a negotiated solution to its conflict with the United States, telling Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that continued war was in no one’s interest and that dialogue and cooperation were the way to resolve existing problems.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said a supertanker was struck by two naval mines in the southern Strait of Hormuz, catching fire and coming to a complete halt. The Guards said the vessel had been attempting to pass through the waterway illegally <\/a>and warned other ships that violating its security rules would result in the same fate.<\/p>\n \u25a0 The United Arab Emirates condemned an Iranian drone attack over its territorial waters as a “dangerous escalation” and a violation of its sovereignty, saying it reserves the right to respond<\/a>. The UAE said its air defenses intercepted the drone after it approached from Iran. Its Defense Ministry also denied reports that the Al Minhad Air Base had been targeted by missiles, calling them unfounded.<\/p>\n \u25a0 U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> shared an AI-generated video purporting to show Iran’s Kharg Island “being blown to smithereens,” amid escalating tensions following the first U.S. strike on Iranian targets in roughly a month. There was no evidence several hours later that Kharg had been attacked. Iran’s national oil company later said operations at the key oil hub had not stopped.<\/p>\n \u25a0 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that Washington is likely to impose new secondary sanctions on Iran every week, saying institutions that continue to handle Iranian funds<\/a> could be cut off entirely from the dollar-based financial system. The Treasury Department launched the campaign, dubbed Operation Economic Outcast, last week.<\/p>\n \u25a0 U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee<\/a> said the IDF confiscated personal vehicles and arrested people following recent settler violence in the West Bank village of Qusra. Huckabee told Haaretz that the U.S. has “very strong engagement” with the IDF and Palestinian police to act on behalf of U.S. citizens, adding that Israeli forces had taken steps to “dispel the tension.”<\/p>\n \u25a0 An Israeli strike on a residential building in Gaza City killed at least two Palestinians and wounded<\/a> several others, according to medical sources in Gaza. The Israeli military did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Greece and Israel signed a \u20ac3 billion deal for a multilayered Israeli air defense system, as part of Greece’s broader “Achilles Shield”<\/a> military modernization program. The system will include short-, medium- and long-range missile systems and radar. Greece plans to spend about \u20ac28 billion through 2036 on the program.<\/p>\n