US conducts new strikes on Iranian targets, officials say
The U.S. strikes came after a cargo ship was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations last month aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.
The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks.
Key Headlines
- US conducts new strikes on Iranian targets, officials say
- 'Catastrophic consequences': UN secretary-general warns against Iran war escalation
- Gulf states, Pakistan condemn latest round of Iranian strikes
- 'Traffic is flowing' in the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM says
- 5 Middle East, Gulf nations report fresh attacks
'Unknown projectile' strikes tanker off Omani coast, British maritime organization says
An "unknown projectile" struck a commercial tanker off the coast of Oman early on Tuesday, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre said.
The tanker, which was not identified by name, caught fire after the strike, UKMTO said in a warning posted on social media.
The ship had been traveling southbound about 8 nautical miles off the coast of Limah, Oman, the organization said.
"No casualties or environmental impact reported," UKMTO said.
-ABC News' Joe Simonetti
Khamenei's body arrives in Qom for next stage of funeral procession
The body of slain former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has arrived in Qom, Iran, where his funeral procession is expected to continue Tuesday, according to Iranian state TV.
This comes after thousands of mourners gathered in the streets of the Iranian capital of Tehran Monday to honor Khamenei, who was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28.
Iranian state TV showed a photo of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the funeral procession.
Following Qom, funeral events will continue in the cities of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq.
-ABC News’ Desiree Adib
Thousands gather in Tehran for Khamenei funeral procession
Photos and videos from Tehran showed thousands of mourners thronging the streets of the Iranian capital as the dayslong funeral for slain former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei continued on Monday.
Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran in the opening hours of the conflict with Iran in on Feb. 28.
Khamenei's funeral began on Saturday. His body will be taken to Qom, Najaf and Karbala -- the great Shi'ite centers of Iran and Iraq -- before being laid to rest on Thursday in Mashhad, home to the country's holiest pilgrim shrine.
Trump says Iran gets a 'week off' as funeral for Khamenei begins
In a speech at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota on Friday night, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States has “knocked the hell out of Iran,” while claiming that Iran is "dying to settle."
Trump added that the United States "gave [Iran] a week off for a funeral, because we’re nice” ahead of Iran starting a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war.
Footage showed Khamenei's coffin draped with the Iranian flag and topped with his black turban. It was placed, along with four other coffins of his slain family members, on a large black platform that resembled the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure at the center of Islam's holiest site in Mecca.
Khamenei's body is expected to be taken to Qom, Najaf and Kerbala, the great Shi'ite centers of Iran and Iraq, before being laid to rest on Thursday in Mashhad, home to the country's holiest pilgrim shrine.
-ABC News' Rashid Haddou