Middle East crisis live: US launches ‘self-defence strikes’ on southern Iran as efforts to reach a peace deal continue

US official says Iranian boats seen laying mines in strait of Hormuz, while Iran state media says situation ‘under control’ after reports of blasts in Bandar AbbasIran denies deal with US is imminent, despite some progressEbrahim Rezaei, the spokesperson of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, has said that time is working against the US and warned that Iran does not respond well to threats.In a post on X, he wrote:During the military war, our tactic was an eye for an eye; in the diplomatic war, it is action against action. Do not believe the bluff of