Iran live updates: US military repositions personnel at Mideast bases, source says

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Wednesday during his trip to India that President Donald Trump's administration will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.

Rubio confirmed that third-party countries such as Qatar are still working as intermediaries to bring Iran back to the negotiating table amid stalled peace talks.

Rubio added that the U.S. commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons -- an alleged ambition that Tehran has repeatedly denied -- will continue for as long as Trump is in office.

"At the core of all of this is something very simple to understand: the United States will not support any deal that creates a pathway for Iran to ever have a nuclear weapon. As long as President Trump is in office," Rubio said.

-ABC News' Alex Ederson

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre on Tuesday issued an advisory after it received a report of an incident involving a tanker and unspecified military forces off the coast of Oman.

“Reports indicate that the tanker was subject to interaction as part of ongoing military activity in the region,” the UKTMO said, describing the incident as "verified." The interdiction occurred approximately 121 nautical miles east of Duqm, Oman.

Separately, Iranian state-run media reported on Tuesday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that two oil tankers hit naval mines south of the Strait of Hormuz.

-ABC News’ Nasser Atta and Othon Leyva

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, two Israeli sources told ABC News, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an air base in the south of the country.

The meeting lasted for several hours and included Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, the sources said. Both the Pentagon and Netanyahu's office declined to comment on the visit, which was first reported by Axios.

In a post to X on Monday night, Hegseth shared photos of a visit with troops in the Middle East, though did not disclose that he was undertaking a visit to Israel.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Luis Martinez

The British Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that it will "provide additional defensive military support" to Saudi Arabia amid escalating attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

In a statement, the ministry said its forces "will fly defensive counter air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure against aerial attack, using RAF Typhoon fighter jets."

The jets will operate defensively and "will not conduct offensive strikes against the Houthis," the ministry said. The Typhoons will be supported by an A400M military transport aircraft and British military advisers, the statement said.

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting described the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia as "despicable," adding that the recent Houthi strikes on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh "shows the lengths the Houthis are going to escalate the situation in the region."

-ABC News' Zoe Magee