Iran live updates: Tehran has 'no plans' for new round of talks, spokesperson says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a statement to social media on Monday addressing the incident in which an Israeli soldier was photographed taking a sledgehammer to the face of a torn down statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon.

Netanyahu said he was "stunned and saddened to learn that an IDF soldier damaged a Catholic religious icon in southern Lebanon."

"I condemn the act in the strongest terms. Military authorities are conducting a criminal probe of the matter and will take appropriately harsh disciplinary action against the offender," Netanyahu added.

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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a Monday press conference that the transferral of the country's enriched uranium stockpiles abroad as part of any future peace deal "is not on the Islamic Republic's agenda."

Baghaei said Tehran is reviewing a U.S. proposal conveyed by Pakistan's army chief during a recent visit, but rejected media speculation about the details of the offer.

"The country's definitive position is to preserve nuclear achievements within Iran's territory and the claims made in this regard are completely denied," Baghaei said.

Discussing continued disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Baghaei also said that the "normalization of traffic is not possible," citing what he said were "repeated violations of the ceasefire and threats to Iranian ports and ships by the U.S."

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The spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters -- the country's top joint military command -- said in a statement on Monday that Iran would respond to the U.S. "aggression" against an Iranian merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian state television reported on Telegram.

Iranian forces will take "necessary action" in response to the American seizure of the M/V Touska on Sunday, the spokesperson said.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Monday expressed concern over the U.S. disabling and seizing the Iran-flagged M/V Touska cargo vessel on Sunday.

Guo said at a press conference that the "relevant parties" should take a "responsible attitude," while reiterating that the Strait of Hormuz is an "international strait" and that "unimpeded passage" is a "common interest of the international community."

The Touska's most recent port may have been Klang, Malaysia, but before that it departed from Zhuhai in southern China.

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