Live updates: U.S. conducts another round of strikes on Iran as Trump, supreme leader exchange threatsWhat to know about the Iran war today: • U.S. forces on Saturday night conducted their third round of strikes this week on Iran, this time in retaliation for an Iranian attack on a Cyprus-flagged container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said. Iran responded with counterattacks on the U.S.'s Gulf allies.
• An Iranian delegation traveled to Oman earlier Saturday to continue negotiations via mediators, despite a dramatic exchange of fire with the U.S. that derailed the truce agreed to under the mid-June memorandum of understanding signed by President Trump and his Iranian counterpart.
• President Trump on Friday threatened to "decimate and destroy" Iran if the regime made an attempt on his life, adding that "1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran" should it carry out an assassination attempt. In a statement Saturday, Iran's supreme leader vowed revenge for his father's death.
ran adviser reportedly says Hormuz 'more important' than nuclear bombsAn adviser to Iran's supreme leader said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz was more important than "dozens of atomic bombs", vowing to protect the vital waterway.
"This strategic passage is more important than dozens of atomic bombs, and the Islamic Republic of Iran will protect it," Mohsen Rezaee was quoted by Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency as saying. Western countries accuse Iran of seeking to create an atomic bomb, but Tehran has insisted its nuclear programme is for peaceful, civilian purposes.
Qatar calls Iran attacks a "dangerous escalation"Qatar on Sunday condemned Iranian attacks against its territory and its neighbours, after the Islamic republic launched salvos against Arab countries.
"Qatar condemns in the strongest possible terms the renewed attacks carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran," the foreign ministry said in a statement, also referring to the targeting of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait and calling the barrages a "dangerous escalation".
Iran says it continued talks with Oman on future of Strait of HormuzIran said it held talks with Oman on Sunday as part of ongoing discussions about the future of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the talks were held "with the aim of coordinating between the two littoral states on arrangements for the administration of traffic and navigation through the Strait of Hormuz."
As part of the memorandum of understanding signed in June, the two countries will negotiate to define how the vital waterway will be managed in the future. But those negotiations have come under pressure recently as attacks on commercial vessels in the waterway have spark retaliating strikes between the U.S. and Iran.
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