Middle East crisis live: Iran’s foreign ministry says US broke ceasefire with overnight strikes

The US military said it carried out strikes on Monday against targets including boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites

• US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels

Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on his Telegram channel that Gulf powers will no longer be a shield for US bases and the US will no longer have a safe haven in the region, as Tehran and Washington discuss a framework to end their three-month-old war, Reuters reports.

The post follows overnight attacks on Iran by the US, testing the ceasefire agreed in April. The strikes came as Iran’s top negotiator and its foreign minister were in Qatar for talks with Qatar’s prime minister over the potential deal to end the war.