Iranian media reported at least two series of explosions along Iran's southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump yesterday vowed to respond after he accused Iran of shooting down a US military helicopter the previous night, hours after he said negotiations to end the Middle East war were in their final stages.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the "fire on that front is contained" hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action.

Iran and Israel yesterday said that hostilities between them had halted, after the two countries exchanged strikes that threatened to reignite the Middle East war.

US President Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran must stop "shooting," as the two countries attacked each other for the first time since the ceasefire

Tehran was exchanging messages with Washington in an atmosphere of "extreme suspicion".

Iranian media today said Israel had struck a petrochemical company in southwestern Iran, as the warring countries traded fire hours after US President Donald Trump called for restraint.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced a missile attack on Israel on Monday and declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, raising the spectre of a return to major disruption on the key route

Iran fired a salvo of missiles at Israeli targets in retaliation, putting U.S.-Iran peace talks at risk

The new attacks, including a strike on an Iranian petrochemical complex, came hours after US President Donald Trump called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran's missiles.

'The Israeli army must stop its attacks on southern Lebanon and the suburbs,' says General Ali Abdollahi,

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards called the attack a "warning" after Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs earlier in the day, threatening wider strikes in the event of repeated aggression.

US president ⁠also says that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of a short-term deal with Tehran

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has directed a team to assess costs for damages already inflicted on Gulf allies by Iran, the source said, adding that the US will consider using Iranian assets for repairs ofany future destruction as well.

Four Iranian-flagged oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, a first since April 15 and the US blockade of Iranian ports, according to maritime tracking firm Kpler.

Iran launched a salvo of missiles at US allies Bahrain and Kuwait yesterday, after renewed American strikes, drawing a furious response from the Gulf monarchies and further undermining a fragile truce.

The release of frozen Iranian funds has become a key issue in negotiations between Tehran and Washington aimed at ending their war, a senior Iranian official said

United States military officials said Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward neighboring Gulf nations of Kuwait and Bahrain

The US and Iran have been engaged in largely indirect negotiations to secure an interim deal to halt the three-month-old war that would leave issues including Iran's nuclear programme to further negotiations.